(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 26. A year has passed
since Turkic.World media platform was launched.
Chief Executive Officer at Media Development Agency (MEDIA) of
Azerbaijan Ahmad Ismayilov answered Trend's questions about Turkic.World project.
- How do you assess the activity of the project during
the past year, and its significance in general?
- Turkey's political and moral support for Azerbaijan during the
44-day second Karabakh War played an invaluable role, as in all
areas, also in media, leading to an even greater strengthening of
our information front-line. This experience testifies to the
importance of a joint coordinated response of our states to
influence and pressure, in summary, the importance of developing
our ties in the sphere of media. We can say with confidence that
the Turkic.World media platform, implemented with the aim
of creating a unified communication platform for the Turkic world
based on our common historical, religious, cultural and linguistic
values, is already yielding important results. The further
development of relations between Turkic-speaking countries is the
focus of attention of both the President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the
leaders of other Turkic-speaking countries. The accession of other
Turkic-speaking states to this platform for a short time indicates
the successful continuation of relations of the Turkic world in the
sphere of media, which are being strengthened, guided by the idea
of unity, solidarity and cooperation. Presently, fraternal
peoples living hundreds of kilometers apart receive information
about their compatriots on such topics as culture, society,
language, and education. Turkic.World also publishes its news in Russian and
English. That is why we consider the activity of the first joint
digital media platform of Turkic-speaking countries Turkic.World created
by Azerbaijani Trend News Agency and Turkish Albayrak Media Group
to be extremely important, and we believe that it will continue to
fulfill its mission at the highest level.
- What role does this project play in expanding the
information exchange between the Turkic states and bringing
Azerbaijani realities to the Turkic world?
- Undoubtedly, this media platform plays an important role in
information exchange between Turkey and Azerbaijan, also other
Turkic-speaking countries are represented in the project.
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and
Turkmenistan, located in a large geographical area, based on common
historical, cultural, and religious values, successfully cooperate
in various spheres, and mutual strategic partnership reaches the
highest level. According to the Memorandum of Understanding 'On
strategic cooperation in the field of media between Azerbaijan and
Turkey', the main goal of the joint media platforms is to further
strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation in the field of media and
communications and create a strategic media partnership. Therefore,
the mentioned project is of particular importance in terms of
sharing knowledge and experience in the field of media, jointly
fighting misinformation in the international arena and reliably
informing the world community, and building a communication bridge
between the opinion leaders of two countries. The resistance of
public opinion to harmful influences is also strengthened as a
result of the educational activities of media.
Our victory in the 44-day Second Karabakh War was gained thanks
to the determination and dedication of the Victorious Supreme
Commander-in-Chief, the valor of the heroic Azerbaijani Army, who
made a fundamental turn in the work of the media community, as in
all areas. The main theme of Azerbaijani journalism is
highlighting, bringing to a wide audience the life story of every
person who showed dedication both at the front-line and in the rear
in achieving Victory, his contribution to our victory. Now the
Azerbaijani media agencies are demonstrating a new conceptual
approach to bring their work in line with the pace of the country's
development and modern challenges. Representatives of fraternal
country (Turkey) media, who went through the hardship of the war
together with us, tirelessly conveyed our fair voice to the world,
preparing reports from the battlefields. This solidarity inspired
us even more. With the deeper and more comprehensive development of
our media relations, new projects and platforms have become our
main priorities in the military, political, economic, cultural,
educational, and trade areas.
-What contribution do such projects make to the
integration of Azerbaijani media into the international information
space?
- Such projects play a special role in bringing our fair voice
to the world, and also in integrating the Azerbaijani media into
the international information space. The Turkic.World media
platform has become an important means of conveying the realities
of Turkic-speaking countries to the world community. We need strong
media to bring the truth about our countries to an international
audience. We, representatives of the media, must further increase
our professionalism and vigilance in order to highlight the
realities of Azerbaijan, Turkey, and all Turkic-speaking countries
and to convey objective information to the world.
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- Azerbaijan
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- Turkic-speaking countries
- TURKIC.World
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