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Certificate of Appreciation handed over to TURKSOY Deputy Secretary General Prof. Dr. Fırat Purtaş
The Association of Youth Without Frontiers awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to TURKSOY Deputy Secretary General Prof. Dr. Fırat Purtas in recognition of his valuable contribution to the project entitled "Let's Discover the World" which it realized with the support of the Presidency of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey for Turks Abroad. Prof. Dr. Purtas was handed over the afore-mentioned certificate by Mr. Enes Cemil Orhan, Member of the Executive Committee of the Project and Mr. I. Kutalmış Yiğit, Coordinator of Seminars on Central Asia and Russia.
The project which lasted for 14 weeks aimed at informing young students and students with a fellowship from Turkey about Turkic culture as well as the views and position of the Republic of Turkey as to important countries and regions of the world. Within the framework of the project, participants attended Prof. Dr. Purtas' seminar on the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Turkey regarding Russia and Central Asia and took part in various study visits and social activities.
Prof. Dr. Purtas who expressed his appreciation as to the succesful results achieved by the project also stressed his willingness to pursue such activities together with volunteers of the Association of Youth Without Frontiers within the framework of future projects with an even more comprehensive and diversified scope.