{"title":"The Turkish Diaspora in Balkans from Perspective of the Organization of Turkic States","authors":"Selçuk Ural","doi":"10.62122/sautad.1472997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.62122/sautad.1472997","url":null,"abstract":"The word diaspora is derived from the Greek words \"dia\" and \"sporos\", which mean seeds scattered left and right. Although it has undergone many transformations in terms of meaning from past to present, discussions on it continue today. Throughout human history, the political, economic and socio-cultural effects resulting from the arbitrary or forced displacement of societies have led to the formation of communities referred to as diasporas in many geographies of the world. Based on this, this study focuses on the existence and importance of the Organization of Turkish States from the perspective of the Balkan Turks, who are a part of the Turkic Diaspora trying to exist in many geographies of the world and had to leave their homeland in the historical process. Although the basis of the TDT systematic is aimed at social unity in Turkish dormitories, the existence and activities of this organization are also of great importance for the Turks outside this geography. Moreover, one of the recent steps of the Organization of Turkic States has been a series of social, economic and cultural forum programs for the Turkish diaspora around the world. In this study will try to reveal the perspective and activities of the Organization of Turkish States towards the Balkan Turkish diaspora.","PeriodicalId":514809,"journal":{"name":"Sakarya Üniversitesi Türk Akademi Dergisi","volume":"29 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141386088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}