According to APA's report, Javid Valiyev, Member of the Board of Directors of the Center of the Analysis of International Relations of Azerbaijan, stated in his speech at the Turkic States Forum on Combating Disinformation organised by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications of Türkiye in Ankara that the media should not only be an information transmitter but also a main actor that creates strategic agendas in shaping the common future of the Turkic world.
Remarking that the panel titled "The Common Future of the Turkic World and Media" highlighted two main questions, namely the essence of the common future and the role of the media in this process, Valiyev said, "There are three main sources that guide the concept of a common future. The first source is the idea of Turkic unity, which began to take shape in the late 19th-early 20th century. This idea was mainly based on language and alphabet unity.
The second source is the political and institutional decisions adopted by the Turkic states. In this context, the Nakhchivan Agreement, the final declarations adopted as a result of summit meetings, and the 2040 Turkic World Vision Document can be highlighted.
The third source is the statements made by heads of state and foreign ministers regarding the future of the Turkic world."
Touching on the opinions expressed at the forum, Javid Valiyev said that almost all country representatives proposed the creation of a joint platform for combating disinformation. Noting that the formation of such a platform and the implementation of leadership on a rotation principle among the countries would ultimately lead to institutional unity, the expert emphasised that the factors leading the Turkic states to unity were not only common language, history, and culture, but also a shared destiny, and therefore journalists should be aware of this responsibility when reporting news and approach events from a unified viewpoint.
Javid Valiyev remarked that it was important for the media to adopt two main strategies in building the common future of the Turkic world: the first one is combating disinformation, and the second is agenda-setting.
Also touching on the main risks to the common future, Valiyev emphasised that some foreign regions and countries portrayed Turkic unity as a threat to themselves, and this stance was promoted both politically and in the media sphere, resulting in deliberate disinformation campaigns conducted against the idea of Turkic unity.
Noting that 100 years ago, the idea of unity in the Turkic world began to take shape through newspapers and literature, Javid Valiyev added that Turkic journalists have real and historical opportunities to complete this unfinished integration process today, and that Turkic world politics should not be reactive but a strategic direction, and the media must become one of the main pillars of this strategy.