Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival, which was held for the first time last year, presents itself as a ground to protect our values that make up our great geography, to get together the Turkic world in the cultural field, and to talk about the new concepts on behalf of the Turkic nations.

Korkut Ata, who carries the mental and conscientious sensitivities of the Turkic nation centuries ago to the present day, has been the host of generations who have adopted their national, moral, humanitarian, spiritual and cultural values. Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival is of great importance for us in this sense.

In terms of revealing the unity of the countries, it is very valuable that we have a universal common identity in strengthening and sustaining the human values of the future. The festival reached an international level with the participation of the Organization of Turkic States and communities speaking Turkish and its dialects from other regions. While the bond formed from the heart was established in the cultural field, the ground was prepared for everyone to meet on the basis of the same civilization with the unifying feature of culture and art.

The 2nd Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival is an honor for us as it is the only film festival where feature-length and documentary films from Turkic republics and communities will compete.

The fact that approximately 50 most selected films from the Turkic world cinema, with their competitive and non-competitive sections, will meet with the festival audience, will contribute positively to the preservation of film culture and the formation of an internationally unique film language.

I hope that this step taken with Korkut Ata Turkic World Film Festival will serve as a memory for future generations, and I believe that it will contribute to the nourishment of the art of cinema in our country from this accumulation and source.

My thanks to everyone who contributed.