MHP leader Bahçeli issues statement on Azerbaijan

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli said the level reached by the Organization of Turkic States is of great importance for the future of the Turkic world. He described the organization as the institutional foundation of shared history, culture and a common vision for the future. According to Bahçeli, relations within the organization rest on respect for each member state's sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and domestic law.

Bahçeli described Türkiye and Azerbaijan as two strong states in the same geography of the heart, "from the Aegean to the Caspian". He called for common sense and mutual understanding against any approach that undermines the brotherhood between the two countries. He said Türkiye will take over the organization's rotating presidency from Azerbaijan at the summit in Ankara in the last week of October, where Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are expected to meet.

He also referred to İsmail Gaspıralı's principle of "unity in language, thought and action" as still a guide today.