pakistan – turkey relations - Islamabad Policy Research Institute

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Pakistan has a past as old as history itself and is heir to a most
ancient civilisation. The birth of such a country as great power
in the comity of nations is an event of far-reaching importance.
The Turkish nation is convinced that Pakistan will render
invaluable services to humanity in the cause of peace and
civilisation.
Many spiritual and sentimental ties, born and grown in the
course of long history, bind the Turks to the people of
Pakistan. I shall endeavour to the best of my ability to develop
these traditional ties into a productive collaboration.
To ensure the success of my efforts I shall need as a source of
strength your Excellency's kind assistance as well as the
valuable cooperation of the Pakistan Government.
While emphasising once again the fraternal love and friendship
of the Turkish nation for the noble nation of Pakistan I have
great pleasure in assuring your Excellency that my countrymen
follow with the keenest interest the development and progress
attain in the future even higher peaks of success in peace and
security.
To which Quaid i-Azam as Head of State thus replied:
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today as the first
Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan. But my pleasure is enhanced
as there is a unique significance about today's ceremony to the
people of Pakistan for historical reasons. Your Excellency has
yourself observed that many spiritual and sentimental ties born
and grown in the course of a long history bind the people of
Turkey to the people of Pakistan. Not only this but also by a
turn of the world situation during the past 50 years or more,
Turkey has been in our thoughts constantly and has drawn our
admiration for the velour of your people and the way in which
your statesman and leaders have struggled and fought almost
single handed in the midst of Europe for your freedom and
sovereignty which have been happily maintained.
The exploits of your leaders in many a historic field of battle,
the progress of your Revolution, the rise and career of the great
Ataturk, his revitalisation of your nation by his great
statesmanship, courage and foresight - all these stirring events
are well-known to the people of Pakistan. In fact, right from
the very birth of political consciousness amongst the Muslims
of this great sub-continent, the fortunes of your country were