Hungary's Orban says his people consider themselves Turkic

[Böri]

“Hungary is ready for opening a new chapter in the cooperation with Turkic states,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the 6th meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States in Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan on Monday. As we wrote yesterday, Hungary has been granted observer status in the International Turkic Academy, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after taking part in a foreign ministerial meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States in Bishkek on Sunday.

Hungary has always focused on the cooperation of Turkic speaking states which nurture their language, culture and traditions even in the modern world, he said. “Hungarians consider themselves late descendants of Attila, of Hun-Turkic origin, and Hungarian is a relative of Turkic languages,” Orbán said. “Only those people can be strong who are proud of their national identity,” he added. Orbán said that in light of the “fantastic” economic and political development of Turkic countries “it is to be taken as an expression of praise if Hungarians are called an Eastern people”.

He argued that the “old era” in which capital and knowledge was moving from West to East was over, and added that “the new world order will primarily be dominated by the development of countries rising in the East”. Countries of the Turkic Council are gaining weight in Hungary’s diplomacy; Hungary has had a strategic partnership with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Orbán said, adding that the goal was to raise ties with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to that level, too. Orbán also noted that Hungary’s Eximbank had opened a 1.5 billion dollar credit line to promote economic cooperation with Turkic countries.

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[Joso]

fino hugrics forever and ever

[Joso]

evenHungary's national bird makes references to Turks, the "Turkul karom"

[Benyzero]

Next time he's gonna wear turban...

[steppenwolf]

Interesting, I wonder why he is he saying this, is he pro-Turkic/Turanist or is it a new policy against the opposition party?

[Benyzero]

He's trying to improve his turkish associations, that's all

[Kaspias]

Next time he's gonna wear turban...

Wearing turban and being Turk different things.

[Videx]

Because he is a lying opportunist hypocrite, who always licks up to those from whom he wants something.

Don't be surprised if when he gets back here, again he bashes islam, and that it has no place in Europe, and we had already experienced it via the Ottoman Empire. To appear good to far rights in Europe.... I really don't know how this helps any Turkish relation, but I guess it is accepted.

Orbán has no real values. Maybe he had in the past, but the money made him lose them.

[Böri]

Because he is a lying opportunist hypocrite, who always licks up to those from whom he wants something.

Don't be surprised if when he gets back here, again he bashes islam, and that it has no place in Europe. To appear good to far rights in Europe....

Orbán has no real values. Maybe he had in the past, but the money made him lose them.

He doesn’t preach mass immigration though people like David Duke or Le Pen must actually be shocked.
Turkic identity is a rejection of Ottomanism, Turks also fought Ottomans during 15th century, and that’s Turks who removed it in 1920’s.

[Benyzero]

Because he is a lying opportunist hypocrite, who always licks up to those from whom he wants something.

Don't be surprised if when he gets back here, again he bashes islam, and that it has no place in Europe, and we had already experienced it via the Ottoman Empire. To appear good to far rights in Europe.... I really don't know how this helps any Turkish relation, but I guess it is accepted.

Orbán has no real values. Maybe he had in the past, but the money made him lose them.

Sajnos ez baromira igaz a mai egész politikai palettára...Aki oda kerül képtelen tisztességes maradni