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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (JULY 29, 2025) (GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE - ACCESS ALL)

1. TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NUMAN KURTULMUS SHAKING HANDS WITH TULIA ACKSON, PRESIDENT OF THE IPU AND OTHER OFFICIALS / KURTULMUS AND OTHER OFFICIALS POSING FOR PHOTO / KURTULMUS SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS AND LEAVING GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - JULY 29: The sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament opened in Geneva on Tuesday with strong appeals for renewed multilateral cooperation and inclusive leadership in the face of growing global divisions.

The conference, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), will continue until Thursday, bringing together over 180 parliamentary leaders from across the world, including Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus.

Tulia Ackson, president of the IPU, said during her opening remarks that the conference aims not to set new policies but to evaluate global parliamentary progress and strengthen action.

She said that their purpose is not to come up with a new policy agenda, but to take stock of where we are as a parliamentary community and to boost parliamentary action in support of agreed commitments.

Ackson warned against "short-termism" in politics and called for collective action in three key areas: peace, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms, and universal access to health, education, housing, and a clean environment.

She urged parliaments to counter the destructive force of injustice with a political culture of cooperation, solidarity and unity, grounded in the idea that there is no such thing as a nation that can live and prosper in isolation.

Now more than ever … countries need to work together to find solutions to their common problems, she added.

The conference is expected to adopt a declaration reaffirming parliaments' commitment to a reformed and more effective multilateral system.