The Civil Defence Organization (SSTB) was represented at the Organisation of Turkic States’ Disaster and Emergency Management Ministerial Summit held in Ankara on Wednesday, at the invitation of the Republic of Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
The Republic of Türkiye, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan participated in the summit held in the Turkish capital Ankara under the Presidency of AFAD.
Speaking at the summit the head of the Civil Defence Organization Atilla Karaca, who attended the summit on behalf of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, stated that they were very pleased to be a part of such an important organization.
Karaca also stated that the unanimous acceptance of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an observer member at the Organisation of Turkic States during the leaders’ summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on the 11th of November was met with great joy in the TRNC.
He also emphasized that the Turkish Cypriot people are an inseparable part of the Turkish world and that it is the natural right of the Turkish Cypriots to establish and develop relations with the Turkic States in every field.