In the host of Atatürk University, Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality cooperation and Erzurum diplomacy Research Center, “The Hat, the Future-Shaped Diploma” theme started in Erzurum, with the theme of “International Central Corridor Palandöken Diplomacy Symposium”. Prof. Dr. Öztürk Emiroğlu, Atatürk University Prof. Dr. Kemal Bıyıkoğlu joined the opening program held in the Hall of Turkey.
Highlight of Ardahan’s Strategic Position in the Middle Corridor
In the opening speech, our Rector Mr. Prof. Prof., who evaluates international trade and transportation corridors in the role of the Secretary General of the Association of Turkey-Polonia Business Humans, which maintained 35 years of academic accumulation and ten years. Dr. Ozturk Emiroğlu expressed his relationship with today’s trade connections. Mr. Rector, who states that the global trade accents increase the importance of alternative stuaries, highlighted the strategic role of the Central Corridor, connecting China to Turkey and Europe through Central Asia, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Turkey marked the central location in this network, Baku–Tiflis–Kars Railway and Zengezur route attracted attention to the complementary nature of each other. In this framework, Ardahan expressed that the regional development possibilities of Ardahan had to be used for the advantages of Turkisheye and Aktas border doors and strengthen the connections of the city with Central Corridor. Ardahan University noted that the Caucasus studies and cross-border academic work unions are ready to produce the knowledge needed by the process and contribute to the growing of qualified human resources.
Disiplined View of Diplomatic, Economic and Sociocultural Sizes of the Middle Corridor
In the first day program, Prof. Following the opening speech titled “How should Turkey’s Technopoliticality in the Age of Injustice and Conformity” of Dr. Çetin Kaya Koç, joint external policy and security, cultural diplomacy were discussed issues of prosperity and transportation geopolitics in the South Caucasus. In the face-to-face and online sessions of the symposium, there will be scientific papers covering various subheads in diplomacy, security, economy, regional cooperation, society, culture, communication, identity, law and public policies.
Development ofterdisciplinary Scientific Interaction and Regional Business Association
The three-day symposium, which also participated in our university academics, aims to examine the current status of the Central Corridor, the future and regional cooperation potential economical, political, diplomatic, legal, logistics, technological and sociocultural dimensions with an interdisciplinary approach. The Academy aims to develop information sharing and joint research opportunities by bringing public, international organizations and private sector representatives across a common scientific platform.
