The OIC and Turkey`s Cyprus Case

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The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
Issue:25
The OIC and Turkey`s Cyprus Case

The OIC and Turkey`s Cyprus Case

Pages : 47-68

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Publication Date : 1995-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Thc Organization of the Islamic Confcrcnce insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OIC); is an inlcrgovernmcnlal organization hcadquartcrcd in Jcddah, Saudi Arabia. By Dcccmbcr 1992 it had fifty-one mcmbcr statcs. According to its chartcr approvcd in March 1972,1 it is composcd of thc Confcrcncc of Kings and Hcads of State and Govcrnmcnt thc Confcrcnce of Foreign Ministcrs thc General Sccrctariat, and subsidiary organs. Thc Confcrcncc of Kings and Hcads of Slatc and Govcrnmcnt is thc supreme aulhority in thc Organization. OIC vvas eslablishcd in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, on Scptcmbcr 25, 1969, vvhen the leadcrs of the Islamic vvorld vvas convened in this city on thc occasion of thc arson perpetrated on August 21, 1969, against thc Mosque of Al-Aqsa, the third holy placc of islam, allcgcdly by thc Zionists. According to its chartcr, thc Organization aims to `promote Islamic solidarity` and to `consolidate co-opcration` among mcmbcr statcs in thc political, cconomic, social, cultural, and scicntific ficlds. From this Charter`s pcrspcctivc, thc OIC is primaıily conccrncd vvith consolidating co-opcration among its mcmbcr statcs on various Arab-Israeli problems ineluding thc Palcstinian issuc. Evcnthough thc rcligion of islam is considcrcd in thc chartcr as `...a strong factor for rapprochemcnt and solidarity bctvvcen Islamic people...`, the organization i ise 1 f is not a rcligious organization but a political forum rcscmbling thc United Nations in terms of its rules of proccdurc.
Keywords : The OIC, Turkey, Cyprus Case

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