Formation of Turkic Council

Date: October 3, 2009 • Location: Zardob, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Turkey and Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.