Editing Foreign relations of Hungary (section)

==Hungary and Central Asia==
[[File:Istanbul hosts 8th Summit of Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (2).jpg|thumb|Viktor Orbán at the 8th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States]]
A number of Hungarian anthropologists and linguists have long had an interest in the [[Turkic peoples]], fueled by the eastern origin of the Hungarians' ancestors.<ref>{{cite book
|first=András |last=Róna-Tas
|publisher=Central European University Press |year=1999
|isbn=978-963-9116-48-1
|title=Hungarians and Europe in the early Middle Ages: an introduction to early Hungarian history
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=I-RTt0Q6AcYC
|pages=409–410
}}</ref> The Hungarian ethnomusicologist [[Bence Szabolcsi]] explained this motivation as follows: "Hungarians are the outermost branch leaning this way from age-old tree of the great Asian musical culture rooted in the souls of a variety of peoples living from China through Central Asia to the Black Sea".<ref>ipos, János [http://www.zti.hu/sipos/book%20kazak.htm Kazakh Folksongs from the Two Ends of the Steppe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202040552/http://www.zti.hu/sipos/book%20kazak.htm |date=2008-12-02 }}</ref>

Since the political transformation in 1990, Hungary has prioritized its diplomatic engagements with the Turkic world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hóvári |first=János |date=2022 |title=Hungary and the Turkic World: A Twenty-first Century Challenge {{!}} Hungarian Conservative |url=https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/hungary-and-the-turkic-world-a-twenty-first-century-challenge/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Hungarian Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> in 2018, Hungary became an observer within the [[Organization of Turkic States|Organisation of Turkic States]], underscoring a deepened engagement in regional cooperation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Hungary to initiate joint summit of Turkic Council and V4 |url=https://2015-2022.miniszterelnok.hu/hungary-to-initiate-joint-summit-of-turkic-council-and-v4/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Miniszterelnöke}}</ref>