Turkic States Organization family council gets backing from leaders' spouses

Nilden Bektaş Erhürman, wife of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Tufan Erhürman, has backed the Family and Women Council being set up under the Organization of Turkic States (OTS). Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, wife of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Aygül Caparova, wife of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, also expressed support for the council.

The council's High Honorary Board held its first meeting at Çankaya Mansion in Ankara, hosted by Emine Erdoğan. The meeting, titled 'From Solidarity to Institutional Cooperation: Family and Women in the Turkic World', was attended by spouses of leaders who came to Ankara for the OTS 13th Summit of Heads of State and Government, as well as Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş.

Erhürman said cultural diversity is among the greatest riches of the Turkic world and hoped the council would become a lasting cooperation mechanism. Caparova stressed that women should be able to get an education, have a profession and contribute to society, and that violence against women must be prevented.