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===Modern history===
[[File:Map of independent Turkic countries..png|thumb|upright=1.55|alt=Map highlighting present-day Turkic countries|Independent Turkic states shown in red]]
The Ottoman Empire gradually grew weaker in the face of poor administration, repeated wars with [[Imperial Russia|Russia]], Austria and Hungary, and the [[emergence of nationalist movements in the Balkans]], and it finally gave way after World War I to the present-day [[Republic of Turkey]].<ref name="Carter V. Findley"/>
Ethnic nationalism also developed in Ottoman Empire during the 19th century, taking the form of [[Pan-Turkism]] or [[Turanism]].

The Turkic peoples of Central Asia were not organized in nation-states during most of the 20th century, after the collapse of the [[Russian Empire]] living either in the Soviet Union or (after a short-lived [[First East Turkestan Republic]]) in the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Chinese Republic]].

In 1991, after the disintegration of the [[Soviet Union]], five Turkic states gained their independence. These were [[Azerbaijan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]]. Other Turkic regions such as [[Tatarstan]], [[Tuva]], and [[Yakutia]] remained in the [[Russian Federation]]. [[Chinese Turkestan]] remained part of the [[People's Republic of China]].

Immediately after the independence of the Turkic states, Turkey began seeking diplomatic relations with them. Over time political meetings between the Turkic countries increased and led to the establishment of [[International Organization of Turkic Culture|TÜRKSOY]] in 1993 and later the [[Turkic Council]] in 2009.