Kurultai

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Kurultai (Tatar: Qorıltay) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol chiefs and khan. (also spelt as kuriltai, qoriltay in English).

Various Turkic peoples use it as a synonym for council, assembly, convention, gathering.

Usually the word is used in political or administrative sense, e.g., as a kind of Parliament or Congress, but not necessarily.

Examples are "World Qorıltay of Bashkirs", "Fourth kurultay of Crimean Tatars", "National Kurultai of Kyrgyzstan"

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