Turkic Council 3rd International Youth Festival that was kicked off with the opening ceremony held on 3 December 2019 in Istanbul to promote cooperation between the youth of the member and observer states of the Turkic Council, to provide cultural cohesion among the youth, to promote the common values ​​of the member states as well as to share information on their youth policies, was concluded on 6 December 2019.

Within the scope of the Festival, which brought together 150 young people from member, observer and guest countries, national presentations on youth policy and youth activities of the participating countries were made, and experience sharing sessions for projects were held among the participating youth NGOs.

The Festival program also included,  a common “language workshop” to incerase the awareness for our common roots and history, a “thematic workshop” to discuss the expectations and problems of young people; and a “volunteer workshop” to elaborate the volunteer activities of the member countries. Participating young people also visited the Youth Centers within the scope of the program and conducted handicraft activities and sports activities. Young people who visited the historical and cultural places of Istanbul, planted saplings in memory of 5 December World Volunteer Day.

Additionaly, the participants came together in a concert activity that brought together different colors of ancient Turkic geography and  staged music and folk dance performances of their countries.

Turkic Council 4th International Youth Festival will be held in Nur-Sultan in 2020.