Turkish Communications Directorate holds Turkic World Dialogue Forum in capital

By Zehra Nur Celik

ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye's Communications Directorate on Friday held the Turkic World Dialogue Forum as part of the 13th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in the Turkish capital Ankara.

“The forum addressed the Turkic world's shared history, cooperation in communications, and common goals for the future,” Communications Director Burhanettin Duran said on Turkish social media platform NSosyal.

“Under the leadership of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Türkiye has been and will continue to be part of the Turkic world's common journey,” Duran said.

“As we advance our cooperation in line with the Turkic World Vision 2040, we must also strengthen our common language, collective memory and communication capacity,” he added.

“Ensuring that artificial intelligence models are trained on high-quality content produced in our own language and based on our own resources is of strategic importance in shaping the narrative about the Turkic world through our own voice and values,” he also said.

Duran said combating disinformation in the digital age is also among their shared responsibilities, adding: “We must turn fact-checking efforts against disinformation targeting the Turkic world from an individual institutional responsibility into a common reflex.”

Mentioning several capitals of Organization of Turkic States member countries, he added: “Being able to respond with equal speed from Baku (Azerbaijan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Astana (Kazakhstan), and Ankara to a disinformation campaign originating in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) should be one of the key goals of our cooperation in this field.”

Zehra Nur Çelik