A lecture on Pakistan-Turkey relations by Professor Dr Halil Toker from Urdu Language and Literature Department of Istanbul University was arranged by IPS at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) on November 29, 2019.

Addressing the University students and faculty members present on the occasion, Dr Toker stressed on the building stronger ties between Pakistan and Turkey while putting special emphasis on the role of academic institutions for the purpose. He said that three well-known universities of Turkey – Istanbul University, Ankara University and Saljuq University – have established dedicated departments for Urdu language in their campuses, urging that similar steps should be taken in Pakistan as well for the promotion of Turkish language in the country.

Sr IPS associate Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, who was accompanying the Turkish scholar on the occasion, echoed his opinion, maintaining that the two brotherly Islamic countries need to keep fortifying their relations by facilitating academic exchanges and people-to-people contacts.

It worth’s a mention here that Dr Toker was visiting Pakistan to take part in two international seminars organized by IPS on the Kashmir Issue, which were held in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) earlier in the same week.