Fifth Meeting of TURKPA Young Parliamentarians Group

On 19 October 2026, the Fifth Meeting of the Young Parliamentarians Group, entitled “Engagement of the Youth in Political Decision-Making Processes and Representation Rate of Young Parliamentarians in TURKPA Member States,” was held within the framework of the Fifteenth Plenary Session of TURKPA in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic. The event brought together parliamentarians from TURKPA member states.

The meeting was chaired by the Head of the Group, Member of the Kurultai of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Didarbek Dildabek. In his opening remarks, Mr. Dildabek thanked the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic for hosting the meeting and emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation among young parliamentarians, promoting the active participation of young people in political decision-making processes, and exchanging experience and best practices among TURKPA member states.

Mr. Anar Mammadov, Member of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Baktyyar Kalpayev, Member of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Mr. Emre Çalışkan, Member of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, also delivered speeches at the meeting. Mr. Muhammet Alper Hayali, Deputy Secretary General of TURKPA, also addressed the participants.

Participants examined the Draft Report on “Engagement of the Youth in Political Decision-Making Processes and Representation Rate of Young Parliamentarians in TURKPA Member States”, which presented national experiences of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye in promoting youth participation in political and public life. The discussions focused on the legal and institutional frameworks supporting youth engagement, parliamentary representation of young people, youth councils, mentoring programmes, electoral awareness initiatives and mechanisms for strengthening dialogue between young citizens and decision-makers.

Mr. Dildabek highlighted the role of young parliamentarians in strengthening parliamentary cooperation, promoting youth participation in legislative and political processes, and facilitating the exchange of experience and good practices among TURKPA member states.

Views were exchanged on practices for enhancing youth representation in national parliaments, developing parliamentary mentoring programmes, strengthening youth councils and advisory mechanisms, and improving political and electoral literacy among young people. Particular attention was paid to the importance of collecting and exchanging comparable data on youth representation in national parliaments. Parliamentarians of Member States expressed their confidence that closer cooperation, regular dialogue and joint initiatives among young parliamentarians would contribute to strengthening the role of young people in political decision-making processes and further developing interparliamentary cooperation within TURKPA.

The Group adopted its Report and Recommendations and determined the next theme to be “Artificial Intelligence and Youth: Opportunities, Digital Safety and Responsible Use in TURKPA Member States”. It was decided to hold its Sixth Meeting in the Republic of Türkiye within the framework of the Sixteenth Plenary Session of TURKPA.

The parties agreed to hold a conference under the theme “Turkic Vision for Cooperation and the Role of Young People” on 11-14 November 2026 in the Republic of Türkiye.

The meeting was coordinated by the Executive Secretary of the Young Parliamentarians Group and Acting Secretary of Commission Mr. Mirlan Usenkanov.