"Turkic World Dialogues" come to Lefkoşa: fifth stop of a panel series ahead of the Ankara summit

On 12 October the Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency will hold a panel in Lefkoşa titled "Turkic World Dialogues: Common Future, Common Vision". The series began in Astana and continued in Baku, Tashkent and Bishkek; the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is its fifth stop.

The panels are part of the run-up to the 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara on 29–30 October. They aim to discuss cooperation in education, the economy, transport, energy, science and technology, the defence industry, media and culture, to raise the OTS's profile and to strengthen academic, cultural and social ties between member and observer states.

Turkey's ambassador in Lefkoşa, Ali Murat Başçeri, will open the event, and the head of the Communications Directorate, Prof. Burhanettin Duran, will address participants by video. Prof. Mustafa Aydın of Kadir Has University will moderate. Speakers include Orhan Erdem, chair of the Turkey–TRNC parliamentary friendship group, Oktay Öksüzoğlu, the TRNC's representative on the OTS Council of Elders, Turkologist Meryem Aybike Sinan and Prof. Ulvi Keser.