Zorlu spoke at the "Turkish World Youth Meeting" program held in a hotel in the city with the theme of "Common Heritage, One Heart", under the coordination of the AK Party Relations with Turkish States Directorate and hosted by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality.
Greeting the participants in Turkish languages, Zorlu said that they have recently been interested in common alphabet studies and that it is very valuable to create such a common area in order to bring communication languages closer to each other.
Reminding that the program was opened yesterday and thanking those who contributed, Zorlu said that academics and ambassadors will share their experiences in the program today.
Underlining that they are not here to engage in politics, Zorlu said, "Most importantly, we are brothers and we are here to understand and find solutions to how we can take steps that will carry our brotherhood to the future, how we can increase our cooperation. This will be a beginning. Hopefully, the foundations we have laid here will continue next year in another important city of the Turkish world, and you will take this legacy and take it further." he said.
Zorlu emphasized that he has been carrying out different tasks in many fields in the Turkish world geography for nearly 30 years, and that the dreams they had in those years are starting to come true today.
"Türkiye's foreign trade with our 7 brother Turkish states has reached 115 billion dollars"
Expressing that there are participants in the program today, not only from the Turkish states, but also from Gagauzia, Iraq, Syria, Tabriz and many other places, Zorlu stated that the goal of cooperation in all areas of the Turkish world brought them together.
AK Party Deputy Chairman Zorlu said, "Türkiye's foreign trade with our 7 sister Turkish states has reached 115 billion dollars in just 5 years. Last year, this figure was 26 billion dollars. This is not yet the final goal for us. Because it corresponds to approximately 4 and a half percent of our foreign trade. Our aim is to move towards a target of 10 percent of the foreign trade of all our Turkish states separately and to achieve this. Recently, we have increased the growth in education, health and tourism." "Our collaborations are increasing in many other areas as well. This brings about a process that will trigger and encourage areas of cooperation between our people." he said.
"No provocation will achieve results"
Emphasizing that the brotherhood between Türkiye and Azerbaijan is a brotherhood inherited from history, but also moving towards the future and set as an example in the world, Kürşad Zorlu continued his words as follows:
"The concept of Turan is a serious concept that we talk about a lot in this geography. For us, Turan is a distant goal ideal that expresses the unity of geography and culture that we inherited from the past, that we move towards the future, and that this great geography of our hearts can be one even though the center of the geographies changes from time to time. The opening door of this ideal that we call Turan is Turkey-Azerbaijan brotherhood, friendship and cooperation. These relations have not been easy to date. Bad things have been overcome, great tests have been passed, prices have been paid.
We have been following with sadness that there have been some purposeful posts and attempts lately aimed at shaking the relations between our two brother countries. We can criticize each other and point out our shortcomings. And the institutions of our state do this to each other at the highest level. However, nothing can be higher than our motto of one nation and two states and this great glory that brings us together. I believe that when we act with this belief and responsibility, no provocation will achieve results. "Currently, our Presidents are in contact at the highest level."
Stating that Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev will attend the TDT 13th Heads of State and Government Summit to be held in Ankara, Zorlu stated that they will sign important decisions together with other presidents.
Traveling with identity in the Turkish world
Mentioning that one of these is traveling with ID between TDT member countries, Zorlu said, "Currently, we are traveling with our passports. We are trying to pave the way for this, whether we can travel with our ID." he said.
On the other hand, Zorlu pointed out that the statements made by Kazakhstan President Kasım Cömert Tokayev regarding the Middle Corridor opened a new horizon for them, and said:
"Mr. Tokayev proposed to carry out the necessary work to connect the 44-kilometer line between Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan, which we know as the Zangezur Corridor and for which we are making great efforts to open, to the Central Corridor with railways and transportation networks. This proposal comes from a strategic shield on the shores of the Caspian Sea. We are now working with another state in Anatolia, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, to integrate this big cake, trade corridors with each other. No one can stop this. "I wholeheartedly believe that when we are united and focused on our goal, we will make the next 100 years the 'Turkish World Century'."
