Why the Turkic world?

People in the Turkic world cross borders often. A student in Almaty comes to Istanbul for an internship, an engineer from Bishkek finds a job in Baku, a doctor from Ashgabat wants to specialise in Ankara. Each time the same question comes up: who will verify this document, and how?

Where we are today

Every country has its own institutions, its own systems and its own paper. When a document crosses a border it often has to be certified again, translated and handed over in person. The verifying institution calls or emails the issuer; the answer takes days, sometimes weeks. Meanwhile, fake documents travel on the same paper.

What already connects us

There are strong ties between the Turkic states already: related languages, a shared history, economic and cultural cooperation, and shared bodies such as the Organization of Turkic States. A trust network adds a technical foundation to these ties: instead of writing a new agreement each time they want to recognise each other’s institutions, countries use the same rules and the same lists.

A bridge to Europe

The European Union is building its own digital identity wallets, and soon many services will work with them. If the Turkic world builds its system apart from these standards, documents from the Turkic world will have to go back to paper in Europe. That is why Tamga Network uses Europe’s formats and protocols as they are: systems that speak the same language recognise each other more easily.

Who benefits?

• People: they carry their credentials, show only what is needed and don’t wait at the border.
• Institutions: they issue a credential once instead of answering every enquiry separately.
• Verifiers: they see within seconds, without asking the source, that a credential is genuine.
• States: they own their list and speak the same language as their neighbours.