Turkish Foreign Minister to Visit Dhaka

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is coming to Dhaka on July 27 for a two-day visit. He is coming to Bangladesh to attend the Foreign Ministerial Conference of the D-8 (Alliance of Developing Eight Muslim States).

The day after the conference, the Turkish Foreign Minister will take part in the official inauguration of a park and bust sculpture in Dhaka named after the father of the Turkish nation Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

It is to be noted that it has been decided to place a sculpture of the father of the Turkish nation on the east side of Kemal Atatürk Avenue (Gulshan Circle) in Banani, known as the diplomatic zone, and to name Banani Park as 'Atatürk Park'.  

Last year, on the centenary of Bangabandhu's birth, a bust of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was erected at Boulevard Square in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, and a park in the capital was named after him, the foreign ministry said. In return, the park adjacent to Kemal Atatürk Avenue in Banani will be named after Kemal Atatürk and a sculpture of Atatürk will be erected in Gulshan Circle.

Accompanied by the Foreign Minister of Turkey, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. AK Abdul Momen will inaugurate the sculpture of Atatürk and the park dedicated to his name on July 27. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering it not only as an exchange but also as a reminder of the friendship between the two countries.  

Apart from Turkey, representatives of Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Nigeria will also arrive in Dhaka on July 27 to take part in the D-8 conference.