Presidents of Turkish speaking nations walk together on the waterfront of Ciragan Palace in Istanbul's Bosphorus April 26, 2001. The presidents ( L to R) are Kyrgyzstan's Askar Akayev, Azerbaijan's Haidar Aliyev, Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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