The organization has its roots in meetings during 1992 in Baku and Istanbul, where the ministers of culture from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan declared their commitment to cooperate in a joint cultural framework.
Organizacija ima svoje korijene u susretima tijekom 1992. godine u Bakuu i Istanbulu, gdje su ministri kulture iz Azerbejdžana, Kazahstana, Kirgistana, Uzbekistana, Turske i Turkmenistana obvezali na suradnju u zajedničkom kulturnom okviru.