Zubair Qureshi
“Pakistan and Turkiye have always helped each other in all difficult times, be it earthquakes, natural disasters or floods, the governments and people of both countries actively helped each other.
The friendship between both countries is everlasting “, said Ambassador of Turkiye to Pakistan Prof. Dr. Mehmet Pacaci, while addressing the closing/certificate distribution ceremony of the two-week summer camp organized by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in collaboration with Yunus Emre Institute, Turkiye.
Short course in Turkish language was conducted during this period.
Dr. Mehmet Pacaci thanked the Vice Chancellor AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood for organizing the summer camp for Pakistani children to learn the Turkish language.
On this occasion, the ambassador also interacted with the children in the Turkish language.
In this 2-week summer camp, Prof. Dr. Halil Tokar, Head, Department of Urdu, Istanbul University, trained the children in Turkish language, calligraphy, artificial intelligence, archery, and the Turkish traditional game Mangala.
VC AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mehmood said that Pakistan and Turkiye have excellent political, historical, and cultural relations. He said that we are increasing the educational relations between the two countries AIOU has signed several MoUs for educational, research, and exchange programs with Turkish universities/institutions in the field of education and research. Dr. Nasir said that now is the time we must share the language, literature, history, and traditions of the two countries with the new generation.
Dr. Halil Toker said that Turkish people are very much affectionate with Pakistanis. Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Sahir said that Turkish is a very beautiful language like Urdu and both languages shared some common words too.
He said that many people in Turkey speak Urdu very well. Director, International Collaboration and Exchange Office, Dr. Zahid Majeed, and Director, Center for Language and Translation Studies, Dr. Ghulam Ali also addressed the event.
