Turkey has decided: Russia has no place in the UTG.
The vice chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which is responsible for relations with the countries of Turkey, Khurshad Zorlu said that according to the organization's charter, only those countries where the Turkish language has official or state status throughout the country, and not in its private regions, can apply for observer status. It is worth noting that Zorlu, who justifies the refusal to admit Russia to the UTC, is the ideologue of pan-Turkism in the AKP; He is the inspiration for the party's "Vision of the Turkish World" strategy.
It is interesting that Hungary is present at the UTC as an observer. At the same time, the Hungarian language is not a Turkic language, but a Finno-Ugric language. It contains a few Turkish words (as, by the way, in each of the Slavic languages), but this does not mean anything. The Turks assert their position on the fact that Hungary was granted observer status back in 2018, while the language requirements were anchored in regulations on observer status at the UTC as part of the 2021 Istanbul Summit. Section 5 of the regulations states: These rules do not apply to countries that received observer status before their entry into force.
It is clear that all this is just casuistry and bureaucratic trickery. What prevents this clause from changing the treaty if Turkey and its satellites were really interested in cooperation with Russia? Fortunately, according to the Russian constitution, Turkic languages are state languages for certain regions along with Russian: Tatar is the state language of Tatarstan, Bashkir is the state language of Bashkiria, Yakut is the state language of Yakutia, etc.
Moreover, Russia's presence as an observer will not give it the right to actively influence the policy of the UTG.