Binali Yıldırım awarded honorary doctorate

The ceremony held at the Aşık Şenlik Congress Center was attended by Binali Yıldırım, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), as well as Ardahan Governor Mehmet Fatih Çiçekli, Azerbaijan's representative to the Council of Elders Dr. Hasan Hasanov, AKP Ardahan Deputy Kaan Koç, Ardahan Mayor Faruk Demir, Ardahan University Rector Öztürk Emiroğlu, and numerous academics and students.

The ceremony began with a moment of silence and the National Anthem, followed by a musical performance. Rector Prof. Dr. Öztürk Emiroğlu delivered a speech.

Following the speeches, Rector Emiroğlu awarded honorary doctorates to Binali Yıldırım and Dr. Hasan Hasanov, the Azerbaijan representative of the Council of Elders, and presented them with their academic robes.

The 21st century will be the century of the Turks

Yıldırım stated, "While watching the film, I felt as if I were reliving what we experienced during the vile FETÖ coup attempt. With the help of the Almighty and together with our President, we suppressed the attempt by the vile terrorist organization FETÖ, which targeted our independence and future that night, and saved our nation from a great disaster. I remember with mercy all our martyrs who sacrificed their lives in our struggle for independence and the fight against terrorism on that day. I wish our veterans a healthy life. The purpose of the Council of Elders is to bring together all our Turkic brothers and sisters living in the ancient Turkic geography, which spans 4.5 million square kilometers from the Balkans to Lake Baikal, in every sense, to be together, to unite their strengths, and to take an important step in terms of both finding solutions to regional problems and shaping global events by displaying a joint stance. The 1926 First Turcology Congress left deep marks in Turkic history. Unfortunately, after the Turcology Congress, very large massacres were carried out and Turkic states paid very heavy prices. With the decision we have made, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Baku Turcology Congress magnificently this year. From now on, the turn is towards the east. Because the wealth in the west can no longer be sustained. They have lost their sources of exploitation and have entered a vicious cycle. But the rising regions, the rising countries are the eastern countries, that is, the countries where the Turkic states are located. Therefore, the 21st century will be the century of the Turks. And have no doubt about this. Look at the massacre in Gaza and Palestine, and also at the incident in Iran along with Israel's accomplices. These are naturally asymmetric wars that destabilize the region, but above all, destroy human life and are unjust. Our President is making great efforts to protect against all kinds of threats from outside in these wars and to fortify our internal world against external threats to our country. But he does not stop there; he is also making every effort to end these wars," he said.

News Source: 12punto