Turkish Speaker Kurtulmuş Says Turkic World Could Become a Global Attraction Centre

Turkish Grand National Assembly Speaker Kurtulmuş held a joint press conference with Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Marlen Mamataliev, Kazakhstan's Kurultai Speaker Aybek Dadebay, Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova and TÜRKPA Secretary General Ramil Hasan. It followed the 15th General Assembly of the Turkic States Parliamentary Assembly (TÜRKPA), hosted by the Kyrgyz Parliament at the Irıs Ordo Congress Centre.

Kurtulmuş thanked Mamataliev for the event's success and for hosting it. He said the 16th General Assembly will be held in Türkiye next year and that preparations would begin now. He added that TÜRKPA has become firmly established and strengthened as an international parliamentary assembly.

Kurtulmuş said the Turkic world could become one of the world's most important centres of attraction, citing a population of about 300 million, rich natural resources, a young and dynamic population and rising education levels. He urged focusing on 'what we can do' rather than on what other powers think of Turkic states.