BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 17. The Turkic world
with a 250-million inhabitants has witnessed advanced historic
processes over the previous 200 years, Trend studies.
The Turkic peoples, who have been occupied at varied occasions, entered
their heyday after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the
starting of the 2000s, the method of rapprochement of unbiased
Turkic states started.
As a results of the signing of the Nakhchivan Agreement on
October 3, 2009, the Organization of Turkic States was established
in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan metropolis. Since the group’s
institution, it has taken necessary steps to increase each
political and financial ties between the Turkic states.
The most energetic interval of the Organization of Turkic States fell
in 2022. In explicit, the strengthening of Azerbaijan’s affect
within the area within the post-war interval had a constructive affect on the
Organization’s picture.
During this era, on the initiative of Azerbaijan and Türkiye,
a number of necessary summits have been organized, at which statements have been
made that attracted the eye of the entire world, and unity was
demonstrated. The world as soon as once more witnessed the unity of the
Turkic states after the earthquake in Türkiye on February 6,
2023.
After the pure catastrophe, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan got here to the help of Türkiye and got here up
with initiatives. After the earthquake, one of the crucial necessary
initiatives was put ahead by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev.
The head of state proposed to carry a rare summit of
the heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States. This
proposal was very efficient from the viewpoint of the
dialogue by the Turkic states of the elimination of the
penalties of the earthquake. Therefore, the initiative of the
President of Azerbaijan was unanimously accepted by the members of
the group.
On March 16, an Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State of
the Organization of Turkic States was held in Ankara.
Speaking on the assembly, President Ilham Aliyev spoke concerning the
help despatched from Azerbaijan to the earthquake zone, mutual
help between the Turkic states, navy, political and
financial cooperation, in addition to the unity of the Turkic
peoples.
The President famous that the federal government and other people of Azerbaijan
have been mobilized to offer humanitarian assist to brotherly Türkiye the
second the earthquake struck.
“940 individuals from Azerbaijan, together with rescue employees, medical
personnel and volunteers, have been dispatched to the earthquake area.
Azerbaijan topped the checklist of nations worldwide for the variety of
rescuers despatched to Türkiye. Thanks to the efforts of our rescue
employees and medical doctors, 53 individuals have been saved from beneath the rubble.
Also, the our bodies of 780 individuals have been discovered. Our medical personnel
supplied medical help to greater than 3,000 individuals,” President
Ilham Aliyev mentioned.
Of course, different nations which can be members of the Organization
of Turkic States additionally despatched assist to Türkiye. This assist is a vivid
instance of the unity of the states which can be members of the
Organization.
The unity demonstrated by the members of the Organization of
Turkic States for the restoration of the liberated territories of
Azerbaijan also needs to be emphasised.
Paying particular consideration to the contribution of the Member
States to the development work, the President thanked the heads of
state for supporting the reconstruction and restoration of
Karabakh.
“We have started implementing the “Great Return” program to
return former internally displaced individuals to their homelands.
Turkish corporations are actively concerned in lots of infrastructure
initiatives as contractors within the reconstruction course of. To date,
contracts value greater than 3 billion USD have been signed with
Turkish corporations. My pricey brother Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited
the liberated lands thrice. He has been to Shusha, Fuzuli,
Zangilan, and Jabrayil.
Taking this chance, I categorical my gratitude to the President
of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and the President of Kazakhstan,
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, for the college being constructed by Uzbekistan and
the inventive heart beneath building by Kazakhstan within the
liberated Fuzuli metropolis,” President Ilham Aliyev mentioned.
In his speech, the top of state additionally touched upon the
transformation of Türkiye into a middle of energy towards the
background of the unity of the Organization of Turkic States
members, and the union of Baku with Ankara.
“In June 2021, the Shusha Declaration between Türkiye and
Azerbaijan was signed within the metropolis of Shusha, the crown jewel of
Karabakh, and our relationships have been formally raised to the extent of
an alliance.
In the final 20 years, beneath the management of President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, Türkiye has lined an incredible and wonderful path,
Türkiye has gained a say in the entire world, and has turn out to be a
powerhouse. Today, Türkiye is reckoned with and revered throughout
the globe,” President Ilham Aliyev famous.
Naturally, it’s necessary for your complete Turkic world that the
member nations of the Organization of Turkic States strengthen
their regional and world affect.
As it’s identified, peoples with the Turkic gene inhabit territories
from Europe to India, from the Middle East to Siberia, that’s, the
borders of the Turkic world aren’t restricted to the territories of
the group’s member nations.
In his speech, drawing consideration to this matter, the President
mentioned that the Turkic world covers a wider geography.
“The Turkic world is just not restricted to the borders of Turkic
states. The Turkic world covers a extra intensive geography. The
variety of Azerbaijanis dwelling on this planet exceeds 50 million, and
solely 10 million reside within the unbiased Republic of Azerbaijan.
The resolution of the Soviet authorities in November 1920 to
separate West Zangezur, our historic land, from Azerbaijan and
hand it over to Armenia led to the geographical separation of the
Turkic world,” the President famous.
This speech must be thought of as an necessary message about
the way forward for the Turkic peoples. Because the eye of the
Turkic states to the development of Karabakh, in addition to
help to the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye, have fashioned
traditions of mutual help inside the Organization of Turkic
States.
This custom of unity and mutual help will proceed to
present itself by way of defending the rights of the Turkic
peoples, who share the identical language and tradition however aren’t
unbiased. All this reveals that the Turkic world is quickly shifting
in the direction of changing into a world energy.
Other Turkic states, led by Türkiye and Azerbaijan, additionally play an
necessary position on this course of. Bringing relations between Baku and
Ankara to a excessive degree in all areas serves as a roadmap for different
Turkic states and kinds a brand new system of values.
For this motive, it may be assumed that within the close to future, the
military-political cooperation of the Turkic states will attain a
excessive allied degree, primarily based on the rules mirrored within the
paperwork of the Shusha Declaration. Meantime, Azerbaijan will act
as the primary initiator of necessary concepts within the means of the rise
of the Turkic world.
