Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (; ) is one of the five highest

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bodies of the OIC, the other four being the

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, Standing Committees, Executive Committee, and the International Islamic Court of Justice. The Islamic Summit is a principle organ of the OIC, focused on formulation, development, and implementation of decisions made by 57 member states. The Summit is attended by the concerned

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

such as

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s, and other equivalent heads. The Summit is held once every three years, incorporated with achieving goals under the framework of the OIC's charter. They formulate policies and adopt resolutions at the end of each summit. Likewise, the

sessions, an Islamic summit, is alternatively hosted by the concerned governments on geographical groups such as Arab, Asia, and Africa. , a total number of 14 Islamic Summits and 7 Extraordinary Summits have been hosted in various countries across the three continents.

Voting

Likewise, the

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have each Islamic summit participant table have their resolution on a specific matter which is decidedly adopted or declined by the member states under the voting system. Summits are considered declaration based on the common feeling of participants. The

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plays a significant role in declaration implementation.

Role of Turkey

Turkey represents the OIC as a host and permanent member and has hosted one Islamic summit and two extraordinary summits, including 13th Islamic summit between 14 and 15 April 2016 titled ''Unity and Solidarity for Justice'' concerning the

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. Turkey has also hosted 6th on 13 December 2017 and 7th extraordinary summit on 18 May 2018 regarding the Israeli role in Palestine.

List of summits

Islamic summit is based on three principles; Final Communique, Resolution, and Declaration. The first summit was attended by the nations in September 1969 in

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, Morocco, while the latest was held in

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, Saudi Arabia in May 2019.

References

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