Turkey to host key finance sector names in Istanbul summit, World Bulletin (English), 07/31/2010, retrieved 01/05/2011.

These nations were first invited to start talks of membership during the 2002 Prague summit, and joined NATO on 29 March 2004, shortly before the 2004 Istanbul summit.

The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) is an initiative launched during NATO's 2004 Istanbul summit.

Writing on the eve of a speech on terrorism by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Istanbul summit, commentator Aluf Benn called this an Israeli "diplomatic achievement."

In the run-up to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) November 1999 Istanbul summit, NATO members perceived three treaty compliance problems.

Russia never accepted this decision-a decision also made six months after the Istanbul summit.

In the run-up to the OSCE's 1999 Istanbul summit, NATO members were concerned by three treaty compliance problems.

Signed on November 19, during the OSCE's 1999 Istanbul summit by 30 states:

On March 29, 2004, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO at the 2004 Istanbul summit.

In March 2009, the Observer newspaper reported that individuals including Daud Abdullah, had signed what has become known as the Istanbul Declaration (not to be confused with the 2004 Istanbul summit) in January of that year.