TURKPA Young Parliamentarians meet in Ankara, hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

The Young Parliamentarians Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA) met in Ankara on 12 November. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye with support from the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB).

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Numan Kurtulmuş opened the event. He said he was pleased to welcome young lawmakers from the Turkic states to Türkiye and noted that the meeting fell on the eve of the 18th anniversary of TURKPA's founding. Kurtulmuş described the Assembly's role in taking relations among the parliaments of Turkic states to a new stage and said the Turkish parliament would keep supporting all of its activities.

TURKPA Secretary General Ambassador Ramil Hasan said events run by the Young Parliamentarians Group, the Women Parliamentarians Group and the permanent commissions strengthen ties between countries and bring national legislation closer together. He thanked Emre Çalışkan, a Turkish MP and member of the Young Parliamentarians Group, for helping make the meeting happen.

YTB President Abdulhadi Turus said Türkiye gives broad support to projects that develop relations among the Turkic states, and that his agency is ready to keep backing the TURKPA youth group's work.