General Hulusi Akar, Turkish General Staff called on General Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

Rawalpindi - March 30, 2016: General Hulusi Akar, Turkish General Staff, who is on official visit to Pakistan, called on General Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi.

The visiting dignitary was accompanied by a high level delegation.

During the bilateral talks, matters of mutual interest with emphasis on geo-strategic situation and security challenges came under discussion.

Both sides reaffirmed the resolve to further enhance cooperation between the two Armed Forces. The visiting dignitary lauded the professionalism of Pakistan Armed Forces and acknowledged the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in fight against terrorism.

Earlier, upon arrival at Joint Staff Headquarters, the visiting General was presented Guard of Honour by a smartly turned out contingent of tri-services.

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Chief of Turkish General Staff called on Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan

Rawalpindi - March 30, 2016: General Hulusi AKAR, Chief of Turkish General Staff called on General Raheel Sharif, Chief of Army Staff, at General Headquarters today.

During the meeting, matters of mutual interest including military to military relations, regional security situation and measures to further enhance defence cooperation between both the countries were discussed. Turkish Chief of General Staff appreciated achievements of Operation Zarb-e-Azb and paid rich tributes to Pakistan’s sacrifices in bringing peace and stability in the region.

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President of Pakistan conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on General Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces

 President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain conferred the award of Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on General Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces in a special ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on 30 March 2016.

The President decorated General Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces in recognition of his outstanding services and contributions in deepening and strengthening relations between the Armed forces of Pakistan and Turkey and for enhancing strategic cooperation between the two countries.

The special investiture ceremony was attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Rashad Mahmood, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Secretary Defence and Ambassador of Turkey to Pakistan.

Later, General Hulusi Akar called on President Mamnoon Hussain and discussed matters of mutual interest. The President congratulated Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces on being conferred with Nishan-i-Imtiaz (M) and appreciated his services in strengthening relations between the two brotherly countries.

President Mamnoon Hussain conveyed his condolences on the suicidal attacks in Istanbul and Ankara and highlighted Pakistan’s commitment in eradicating extremism through National Action Plan and operation Zarb-e-Azb.

President Mamnoon Hussain said that the people of Pakistan and Turkey are bound together in very old and strong bonds of brotherhood based on shared religious, cultural and historical affinities. The President reiterated Pakistan’s strong desire to further strengthen its partnership with Turkey in defence. The President also lauded the democratic initiatives of Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Republic of Turkey.

The President appreciated the Turkish participation in trilateral process for bringing peace in Afghanistan and reiterated Pakistan’s desire for peaceful and stable Afghanistan through Afghan owned and Afghan led peace process.

General Hulusi Akar, Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces thanked the President and the Government of Pakistan on being awarded with NI (M) and hoped that bilateral relations between the two countries would be taken to new heights in the future.

Ankara'da yapılan “Cinnah Genç Yazarlar Ödülü” yarışmasının ödül töreni

Türk Milli Eğitim Bakanı Sayın Nabi Avcı Ankara'da 24 Mart 2016'da yapılan "Cinnah Genç Yazarlar Ödülü" kompozisyon yarışmasının ödül töreninin baş konuğuydu.

Pakistan'ın kurucusu Kaid-i Azam Muhammed Ali Cinnah adına verilen ödüller Pakistan Dışişleri Bakanlığı'nın desteğiyle ve Türk Milli Eğitim Bakanlığıyla işbirliği içerisinde organize edilmiş olan bir Pakistan Büyükelçiliği girişimidir.  Bu prestijli ödüllerin ilkinin teması "Pakistan-Türkiye İlişkileri: Tarihi Bir Perspektif'tir."

Bu olay dolayısıyla konuşan Bakan Naci Avcı Kaid-i Azam'ın liderliğine övgüde bulundu ve Türkiye'de ne kadar değerli görüldüğünün altını çizdi.  "Ebedi" Pakistan-Türkiye ilişkileri için en iyi dileklerini sundu ve bu ilişkilerin derin kökleri olduğunu ve iki ülkenin her zaman iyi ve kötü zamanlarında birbirlerinin yanında durduğunu söyledi.  Kendisi Türk milletinin Pakistan halkının Türk Bağımsızlık Savaşı sırasında gösterdiği desteği ve dayanışmayı asla unutmayacağını da ekledi.  Bakan Bey ayrıca eğitim alanında gelişen ikili işbirliğine de vurguda bulundu ve sayıları 1000'i aşan Pakistanlı yüksek eğitim öğrencisinin Türkiye'nin çeşitli eğitim kurumlarında eğitim gördüğünün altını çizdi.  Bakan Avcı ikili eğitim işbirliğini daha da genişletmek için bağlılıklarını yeniden ifade etti ve konuşmasını "Cive Pakistan; Cive Türkiye" ve "Çok yaşa Pakistan; Çok yaşa Türkiye" diyerek bitirdi. 

Büyükelçi Sohail Mahmood konuşmasında yarışmaya katılmalarından ve kompozisyonlarında zengin bilgiler ve perspektifler sunmalarından dolayı öğrencilere teşekkür etti.  Kendisi Büyükelçiliğin bu yıllık ödülleri vermekteki amacının genç nesillere ulaşmak ve onları Pakistan ve Türkiye arasında paylaşılan ortak kader, kültür ve tarih bağlarıyla tanıştırmak olduğunu söyledi.  Bu yarışmaya gösterilen ilginin "hem öğrencilerin yakın ilgisini hem de Pakistan-Türkiye ilişkilerini daha da geliştirmek için yaptıkları katkıları gösterdiğini" ekledi.  Eğitim ve kültür alanlarında gelişen işbirliği düzeyine vurgu yapan Büyükelçi Sohail Mahmood kişiler arası değişimlerin grafiğinin yükseleceğine olan güvenini belirtti.

Daha önce, AB ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Genel Müdürü Bayan Funda KOCABIYIK açılış konuşmasında yarışma hakkındaki detayları verdi.  Kendisi yarışmanın Türkiye'nin 81 ilindeki lise son sınıf öğrencilerine duyurulduğunu söyledi.  Toplamda Türkiye'nin 46 ilinden 69 kompozisyon tamamlanmış olarak alındı.  Bunlardan 44'ü kız öğrenciler tarafından, 25'i de erkek öğrenciler tarafından yazılmıştı.

Birincilik, ikincilik ve üçüncülük ödüllerinin sahipleri ödüllerini Milli Eğitin Bakanı Nabi Avcı'dan, Büyükelçi Sohail Mahmood'dan ve Milli Eğitim Bakan Yardımcısı Orhan Erdem'den aldılar.  Konya Selçuklu Dolapoğlu Anadolu Lisesi'nden Emre Karakuyu birinci sırayı, Ankara Atatürk Lisesi'nden Mehmet Furkan Onay ikinci sıray alırken, Sivas Selçuklu Anadolu Lisesi'nden Ebrar Saliha Kopmaz üçüncü sırayı aldı.  Balıkesir T.C. Ziraat Bankası Fen Lisesi'nden Özge Işıklıoğlu, Gaziantep N. Fazıl Kısakürek Anadolu Lisesi'nden Özgür Baran Tunç ve Yalova Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi'nden Rümeysa Aydın "Mansiyon Ödülü" aldılar.

Katılan öğrenciler, öğretmenler ve aileleri olayı memnuniyetle karşıladılar ve bu girişimin Pakistan-Türkiye ilişkilerinin çeşitli boyutları hakkında daha fazla farkındalık yaratma ve bu özel ilişki için toplumun desteklerini arttırma konusunda çok uzun yol kat ettiğini hissettiler.

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Awards Ceremony for “Jinnah Young Writers Awards” held in Ankara

ANKARA, 25 March 2016: Turkish Minister for National Education Mr. Nabi Avci was the chief guest at the awards ceremony of the “Jinnah Young Writers Award” essay competition, held in Ankara yesterday (24 March).

The Award, named after the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is the initiative of the Pakistan Embassy, instituted with the support of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry and organized in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of National Education. The theme for the first edition of the prestigious award was “Pakistan-Turkey Relations: A Historical Perspective.”

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Nabi Avci paid rich tributes to the leadership of the Quaid-e-Azam and highlighted the high esteem in which he is held in Turkey. Offering his best wishes for “eternal” Pakistan-Turkey relations, he said these were rooted deep in history and that the two countries had always stood by each other in good and bad times. He added that the Turkish nation would never forget the support and solidarity shown by the people of Pakistan during the Turkish War of Independence. The Minister also highlighted growing bilateral cooperation in the education field and highlighted the large number of Pakistani students at various institutions of higher learning in Turkey, exceeding more than 1,000. Minister Avci reiterated the commitment to further expand bilateral educational cooperation and concluded the speech by saying “Jeevay Pakistan; Jeevay Turkey” and “Long live Pakistan; Long live Turkey.”

 

Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, in his remarks, commended the participating students for their participation in the competition and presenting rich information and perspectives in their essays. He said the Embassy’s endeavor in instituting this annual Award was to reach out to the younger generation and acquaint them with the depth of shared ties of faith, culture and history between Pakistan and Turkey. The response “illustrates both the keen interest of the students and their contributions to further advancing the Pakistan-Turkey relationship,” he added. Highlighting the growing level of collaboration in the fields of education and culture, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood expressed the confidence that the graph of people-to-people exchanges would continue to rise.

Earlier, Director General of EU and International Relations of the National Education Ministry Funda KOCABIYIK in her welcome speech gave details about the competition. She said the competition was announced for the senior high school students of the 81 provinces of Turkey. Overall, a total of 69 short-listed essays were received for the completion from 46 provinces across Turkey. Of these, 44 were contributed by female students and 25 by male students.

Winners of the first, second and third prizes received their awards from Education Minister Nabi Avci, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, and Deputy Minister for Education Orhan Erdem. Emre Karakuyu of Konya Selçuklu Dolapoğlu Anadolu Lisesi secured the first position; Mehmet Furkan Onay of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi secured second position; while Ebrar Saliha Kopmaz of Sivas Selçuklu Anadolu Lisesi clinched third position. Essays written by Özge Işıklıoğlu of Balıkesir T.C. Ziraat Bankası Fen Lisesi, Özgür Baran Tunç of Gaziantep N. Fazıl Kısakürek Anadolu Lisesi and Rümeysa Aydın of Yalova Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi were awarded the “Honorable Mention.”

The participating students, teachers and the families deeply appreciated the event and felt that this initiative would go a long way in further raising awareness about various dimensions of Pakistan-Turkey relations and reinforcing public support for this special relationship.

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Büyükelçi Sohail Mahmood’un 24 Mart 2016 tarihinde “Cinnah Genç yazralar Ödülleri “ dağıtım töreni konuşması

Milli Eğitim Bakanı Ekselansları Nabi Avcı

Saygıdeğer Milletvekili ve Pakistan Türk Dostluk Grubu Başkanı Sayın Burhan KAYATÜRK

Değerli Misafirler

Öğretmenler, Veliler ve Sevgili öğrenciler!

Konuşmama başlamadan önce, Milli Eğitim Bakanı Ekselansları Nabi Avcı’ya bu  önemli organizasyona onur konuğu olarak katılmalarından dolayı teşşekkür ediyorum.

Ayrıca, törene katılan tüm misafirlere şükranlarımı sunuyorum.

Bugün burada olamamızın amacı, Pakistan Türkiye İlişkileri: Tarihi prespektif “konulu yarışmada mükemmel yazılar hazırlamış olan lise öğrencilerinin üstün çabalarını onurlandırmaktır.

Bu yarışmanın  ödülü  Pakistan’ın kurucusu Quad-e- Azam Muhammad Ali Cinnah adına evrilecektir,  ve bu sebeple büyük önem taşımaktadır.

Cinnah , Pakistan ve Türk milleti arasındaki sarsılamaz karşılıklı güven, alayış ve kardeşlik bağlarının güçlenmesinde çok önemli rol oynamıştır.

Ayrıca , bu bağları zenginleştirmiş olan Muhammad Ali Jinnah ve Melana Rumi, Iqbal and Mehmet Akif arasındaki manevi bağı hepimiz biliyoruz.

Bu yarışmayı her yıl düzenleme  amacımız, ortak kader,  tarihi ve kültürel bağlara sahip iki ülke genç nesillerine uzanmak ve  gençlere bu bağları en derin şekilde tanıtmaktır.

49 ilden toplam 69 eser almış olmaktan dolayı mutluluk duymaktayız. 69 eserin 44’ ü kız, 25’i erkek öğrenciler tarafından yazıldı.

Eserlerin içeriğindeki bilgi ve perpektifin niteliği oldukça etkileyici. Bu  durum, öğrencilerim hem yakın ilgisini hem de ilişkiye katkılarını yansıtmaktadır.

Değerli Misafirler,

 Tarih, iyi ve kötü günde Pakistan ve Türkiye’nin hep yanayan olduğuna tanık olmuştur. Gelecekte de bunun böyle olacağına hiç süphe yoktur. Inşallah!

English version

Remarks by Ambassador Sohail Mahmood at Prize Distribution Ceremony

“Jinnah Young Writers Award”, Ankara, 24 March 2016

Excellency Nabi Avci, Minister for National Education,

Respectable Mr. Burhan Kayaturk, Member Parliament and President, Pakistan-Turkey Cultural Association,

Distinguished Guests

Teachers, Parents, and my dear students!

Assalam-u-Alaikum

At the outset, I thank His Excellency Minister Nabi Avci for gracing this occasion with his participation as the Chief Guest.

I also extend gratitude to other distinguished guests for joining us in this awards ceremony.

Our purpose today is to honour the hard work of industrious senior high school students who wrote excellent essays on “Pakistan-Turkey Relations: A Historical Perspective.”

The award for this essay competition has been named after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, and thus carries special significance.

Jinnah played a pivotal role in reinforcing the indissoluble bonds of mutual trust, understanding, and brotherhood between the Turkish and Pakistani nations.

We also know the spiritual connections between Mohammad Iqbal and Mevlana Rumi, and Iqbal and Mehmet Akif, which enormously enriched these bonds.

Our endeavor in instituting this annual Award is to reach out to the younger generation and acquaint them with the depth of our shared ties of faith, culture and history.

We are pleased that a total of 69 essays were received from 46 provinces across Turkey. Of these, 44 were contributed by female students and 25 by male students.

The quality of information and perspective contained in the essays is highly impressive. It illustrates both the keen interest of the students and their contributions to the relationship.  

Distinguished Guests!

History is witness that Pakistan and Turkey have always stood by each other, in good times and bad. There is no doubt that the future would also be like that, Insha Allah!

The vision of the leadership in both countries is to transform this historic relationship into a strong partnership -- encompassing all fields of human endeavor.

In the domain of education and culture the graph of our joint initiatives is consistently growing and further enriching our relations at the people-to-people level.

I once again appreciate the spirit and zeal of the students and their teachers.

And I thank all the colleagues from the Ministry of National Education who helped organize this competition with great skill and make excellent arrangements for this ceremony today.

Love live Pakistan-Turkey brotherhood!