The TAKM, or Organization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status (, is an intergovernmental

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(

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) organization of three Turkic countries (

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

) and, formerly,

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

. The initialism TAKM came from the founder countries' names. The TAKM is considered as an alternative for the FIEP.

Member states

In 2014, Mongolia quit the organization and

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

applied for membership.

References

2013 establishments in Turkey Intergovernmental organizations Law enforcement in Europe Law enforcement in Asia Organizations based in Ankara Organizations established in 2013 International Eurasian Organisation {{law-enforcement-agency-stub