A Media Unity about to be established among the Turkic speaking countries and Turkic States
President of the Radio and Television Supreme Council Mr. Ebubekir SAHIN stated in his speech that Turkic Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum (TBRAF) will be established by the Turkic speaking countries and Turkic States in the “Workshop on the Media Literacy and Turkish Language in the Digital Age” organised by RTÜK and Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.
The second round of the first workshop organised in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium has been realised in Hungary on 18th and 19th of December, 2021. Expressing that his delegation is very well pleased by the great interest in the workshop that Hungarians have shown as much as the academicians and the Turkish people living in Hungary, Mr. Ebubekir said that “we reached in our purpose which was to organise a common workshop through the participation of our citizens in Hungary and the Hungarian citizens in love of Turkish language. He also added that he had targeted to carry to the workshop the issue of media literacy in the digital age which RTUK had adopted in itself as a principal and ensured a great deal of progress on it.
Stating that the year 2021 as the 700th anniversary of Yunus EMRE’s death has been declared by the President of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN as “the Year of Yunus EMRE and Turkish Language” Mr. Ebubekir SAHIN expressed the importance of the use of Turkic language. Mr. SAHIN also drew attention to the new development that Turkic Council (The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States)” had been transformed into the “Organisation of Turkic States” in the last Istanbul Summit where Hungary had taken its part there in status of an observer State.
Expressing that Turkic Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum (TBRAF) will be established by the Turkic speaking countries and the Turkic States, Mr. Ebubekir SAHIN said that “Especially a very important meeting under the leadership of our President was held in Istanbul. Turkic Council has been reorganised under the name of “the Organisation of Turkic States. Hungary has owned an observer State status in this organisation. We intend to sustain in the TBRAF the activities held in this organisation. TBRAF is Turkic Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum. On 17th of November, 2021 we took in RTUK the decision of its foundation. Our purpose is primarily to outspread our wonderful Turkic language all over the world and to develop an important unity among other brother countries sharing with us a common culture and history. Our another purpose is to transfer the acknowledgements and experiences in the field of media to our Turkic speaking countries. I feel certain that this forum to be founded among Turkic speaking countries will surely much more strengthen the integrity among our nations.
Mr. Ebubekir SAHIN expressed his gratitude to the Yunus Emre Institute for its close cooperation in the realisation of workshop.