On July 14, 2026, the Judges' House in Ankara (Turkey) hosted an international mediation conference on the theme "Institutionalization of Cooperation in the Turkic World. The Future of Mediation. The Convention on Mediation of the Turkic World," organized by the Association of Mediators of the Turkic World. The conference was attended by lawyers, mediators, representatives of government bodies, scientists, university professors, heads of mediator organizations from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, as well as the former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo. Representing Kazakhstan in Ankara, Zhandilda Zhakupov, President of the IHR-IMC, Co-Chairman of the Central Asian Consortium of Mediators, and trainer-mediator, delivered a speech presenting his proposals for the further development directions of the Association of Mediators of the Turkic World. The main topics of the participants' presentations were as follows: The current state and development prospects of mediation in Turkey,
Institutional development of alternative dispute resolution methods and their legal aspects,
Institutionalization of mediation and its legal framework,
Development of international mediation and a comparative legal approach,
Modern trends in international mediation practice,
Cross-border disputes,
Application of artificial intelligence, etc.
