Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yıldırım
Turkey's parliament speaker said on Monday that Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) poses a potential danger to Pakistan and other countries.
Binali Yıldırım received Pakistani lawmakers and media representatives in capital Ankara.
"FETÖ, which is active as a terrorist and criminal organization in more than 160 countries, clearly serves a global agenda," said Yıldırım.
He added: "For this reason, FETÖ is a potential danger for Pakistan as well as the countries where it exists."
Afghan security forces have assumed control of a high school linked to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.The security forces took over the school in Herat located in the western part of the country despite confrontation by some students, according to an Afghan local official.Speaking to Anadolu Agency in the province, Jailani Farhad, the spokesman of Herat governor, said that the operation was carried out in order to hand over the school to firstly Afghan authorities and later to Turkey’s Maarif Foundation.The school was handed over to the Maarif Foundation within the framework of an education deal between the two countries, the foundation’s Afghanistan Country Director Mucip Uludag said.Turkey established the Maarif Foundation (TMF) in 2016, following a coup attempt, to take over the administration of overseas schools linked to FETÖ. The foundation also establishes schools and education centers abroad.FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.As part of the deal, the foundation also took control of two more schools and two dormitories in the northern Jawzjan province, Uludag said."Let nobody worry about this: We will educate our Afghan brothers with a more qualified and more modern education system," the Turkish official added.
Afghan security forces take control of ‘FETÖ’ school
Yıldırım called on Pakistani authorities to cooperate against FETÖ.
FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
A Pakistani delegation on a visit to Istanbul hailed the excellent ties their country enjoys with Turkey as they pointed to the vast potential for additional collaboration in the future in various sectors. Speaking exclusively to Yeni Şafak on the periphery of a visit by delegation of Pakistani politicians and reporters to Albayrak Group headquarters, Pakistan’s Consul General in Istanbul Bilal Khan Pasha, who was in attendance, lauded Turkish- Pakistani ties. “Ties are as old, I think older than the establishment of the two nations. Be [it] social, religious, cultural, trade, commerce, investment, and now even defense. Our relations have been growing by leaps and bounds.” With several defense deals signed between the two countries, the consul general pointed that Pakistan is looking for additional collaboration with Turkish-based industries.Albayrak Group ‘pleased to serve people of Pakistan’“Our industry would like to have technology transfer from Turkey, would like to develop more linkages with the industry in Turkey, not only for the Pakistani industry and manufacture but also in the defense sector.”“We have not been able to honestly exploit fully the potential of our economic cooperation,” remarked Khan Pasha as he expressed hope for more cooperation in the trade sector.He said Turkey and Pakistan had “excellent ties” and that “investment is going very good.” Khan Pasha also stressed the need for more student exchange programs between Turkey and Pakistan. “More and more student exchange is required which is right now of course happening, but we need to see a growing number of students coming from Pakistan to enrich themselves with the best of the teaching and universities available in Turkey.Atatürk’s death anniversary marked in Pakistan“Turkey is a role model in Pakistan”A Pakistani journalist stressed the important role Turkey can play in the development in Pakistan, pointing to the vast opportunities for cooperation in different fields. “I think there are a lot of opportunities regarding the bilateral relationship and Turkey is a role model in Pakistan. We look at the development parameters of Turkey to get something developed in our country.” “Turkey can play an important role in Pakistan, and I saw the metrobus, which is an idea taken from the Turkey and the other one is the waste management work which is a marvelous work in Lahore city.” “The Turkish government can help a lot regarding their experience in development, regarding their achievements. They can participate, they can play their role in the development of Pakistan.”Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed“Turkey and Pakistan are like two souls in one body”“Turkey and Pakistan are like two souls in one body. People in Pakistan feel like when Turkey develops, it’s like Pakistan is developing and when Pakistan develops it’s also Turkey developing,” said another Pakistani journalist who attended the event.“God willing, Turkey will develop even more in the future. We always have and always will support Turkey.”A delegation of nearly 80 politicians and reporters headed by Pakistan’s Istanbul envoy Bilal Khan Pasha visited Turkey’s Albayrak Group, which operates in various Pakistani cities, on Sunday. Albayrak Board Member Nuri Albayrak stated that 13,000 Pakistanis were involved in Albayrak’s activities carried out in Pakistan.Group Chairman of the Board Ahmet Albayrak, Board of Directors members Nuri and Mesut Albayrak, CEO Ömer Bolat, Piri Media General Manager Ömer Karaca and former General Manager of the Higher Education Student Loan and Housing Board Hasan Albayrak hosted the delegation.Pakistan raises issue of jailed Aafia with USPakistan invites Turkey to join $64 billion megaprojectBegging in Beijing? Pakistan sacks state TV chief after broadcast gaffe
Pakistani delegation hails ‘excellent’ ties with Turkey
Yıldırım recalled that Pakistan has backed Turkey against all U.S. impositions.
"Against all decisions [on Turkey] taken by the U.S. administration, brother Pakistan was the country which supported us," he said.
Yıldırım added that brotherhood between the two countries has continued since the establishment of Pakistan in 1947.
A delegation of nearly 80 politicians and reporters headed by Pakistan’s Istanbul envoy Bilal Khan Pasha visited Turkey’s Albayrak Group, which operates in various Pakistani cities, on Sunday. Albayrak Board Member Nuri Albayrak stated that 13,000 Pakistanis were involved in Albayrak’s activities carried out in Pakistan.Group Chairman of the Board Ahmet Albayrak, Board of Directors members Nuri and Mesut Albayrak, CEO Ömer Bolat, Piri Media General Manager Ömer Karaca and former General Manager of the Higher Education Student Loan and Housing Board Hasan Albayrak hosted the delegation.Albayrak Group operates in four Pakistani cities“We conduct waste management and environmental cleaning as well as operate the metrobus, public buses and taxis in four of Pakistan’s cities. We employ 13,000 Pakistanis,” said Albayrak Board Member Nuri Albayrak.“These are the activities we conduct as a result of winning official tenders open to national and international competition. If there are international tenders for similar activities in other cities in Pakistan, we would like to operate in those cities too,” he added.Albayrak Group employs 13,000 Pakistanis“Following our work in Pakistan, we won tenders to operate ports in Somalia and Guinea. We are pleased to serve the people of Pakistan and contribute to Pakistan’s development. Our Pakistani employees are hardworking. Pakistani state administration, bureaucracy, laws, and procedures are very efficient. There are 25 Turks and 13,000 Pakistanis at our firm there. If we have pleased the Pakistani people in terms of environmental cleaning, waste collection, and transportation, then we are very happy,” Albayrak said.Turkey and Pakistan “are two friendly and allied countries”“We aim to contribute in order to increase the prosperity of the people of Pakistan. According to economic developments, we have plans to increase our investments in new areas. Turkey and Pakistan are two friendly and allied countries. The religious and social values, culture and fate of the Turkish and Pakistani people are united. Our national flags are even similar due to the crescent and stars. Turkey and Pakistan, the two countries, are like one nation. I hope that, like the political relations between the two allied countries, our economic relations will also reach much greater targets. Both sides should work diligently for this purpose,” Albayrak said.“We are a big family”“We are a group of seven partners, who are all siblings. Our father started with construction. Then we developed in the services and logistics sector as well as personnel and passenger transportation, waste collection and management, and port operation. We focused on the industrial sector with the production of military and police uniforms, textiles, tractors, diesel engines, tank engines, casting and environmental cleaning tools. In 2018, we started sugar production with two sugar factories,” Albayrak said.Hopefully at the beginning of 2019, we will launch our paper mill with an investment of 150 million euros. We have been one of the leading media organizations in the field of newspaper and television broadcasting, as well as our 12 monthly magazines and digital publishing, for 20 years. We are a big family with a total of 20,000 employees. In the past, we have conducted activities in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Iraq,” he added.Turkey and Pakistan are intrinsically linkedAlbayrak Group CEO Ömer Bolat dubbed the visit as sincere and productive, saying: “We are trying to bolster economic ties in addition to our brotherhood. The delegation invited us to invest in all regions of Pakistan and share our experiences in the industry and services sector. We discussed our ongoing activities that started in 2011 in four of Pakistan’s cities. We told them that we have been pleased to contribute to Pakistan's economic development for eight years. Pakistan’s prosperity is Turkey’s prosperity. Turkey’s prosperity is Pakistan’s prosperity.”Atatürk’s death anniversary marked in PakistanPakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversedPakistan raises issue of jailed Aafia with USPakistan invites Turkey to join $64 billion megaprojectPakistan says Chinese help stemmed payment crisis
Albayrak Group ‘pleased to serve people of Pakistan’