Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Some 40 countries and five presidents will attend the 20th Eurasian Economic Summit, a prestigious gathering organized by The Marmara Group Foundation in international arena. The summit 'Humanity at a Crossroads' will be held between April 4 and 6 in Istanbul 

Senior Turkish and U.A.E. officials pledged to increase economic and trade relations at a high-level meeting in Ankara on Feb. 7.        

The ninth Turkey-U.A.E. Joint Economic Committee brought Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, U.A.E.'s economy minister, to the Turkish capital to meet Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek.        

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries to enter the country and a temporary decision to halt refugee admission has caused a global backlash varying from Iraq to the United Nations. 

Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's prime minister said on Dec. 4 as he mocked the Nobel laureate for her inaction.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has advised Muslims "not to lock women up" in comments made in Istanbul at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on women's roles.

"The logic that believes women should only be at home, is wrong," Erdoğan said Nov. 2, adding that "a strong nation cannot be built based on that logic." 

The Saudi secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) resigned on Oct. 31 for health reasons, according to a statement from the organization.

Iyad Madani, 70, had held the post since 2014. A statement by the IOC said Saudi Arabia had nominated Yusuf al-Othaimeen, a former minister of social affairs, as his replacement, Reuters reported. 

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Oct. 19 listed the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, believed to be behind Turkey's July 15 coup attempt, as a terrorist organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

Three wanted members of the Gülen movement, believed to be behind Turkey's July 15 coup attempt, were deported from Malaysia on Oct. 13, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Oct. 14.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a hospital in Antalya, Çavuşoğlu said Malaysia sent back to Turkey three members of the group who took refuge in the country. 

Turkey's warming relations with Russia will not hamper its alliance with other countries, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has vowed, saying Ankara will continue to pursue a "multidimensional" foreign policy. 

Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç said on Oct. 6 that members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should work together to fight Islamophobia.

"As OIC members, it is our duty to fight such defamation. Our noble religion, Islam, can in no way be mentioned alongside terrorism," Kılıç said at the third OIC Youth and Sports Ministers Conference in Istanbul.