00:00Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about the Turkish context.
00:04If there is one crisis that most clearly shows our country's contribution to addressing global instability, it is Syria.
00:13One of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes since the Second World War.
00:18From the earliest days of conflict, Turkey pursued diplomacy and the escalation to prevent prolonged violence in Syria.
00:25But when those efforts failed, Turkey adopted an open-door policy and provided refuge, protection, and essential services to nearly
00:334 million refugees without discrimination based on religion or ethnicity.
00:40Much of the West at this time viewed the Syrian refugee crisis through the lens of border security and domestic
00:49political anxiety.
00:50Pushbacks were documented, refugees were increasingly treated as security threats, and across Europe, the crisis fueled fear, polarization, and the
01:00rise of far right.
01:02Under the leadership of President Erdogan, Turkey chose a different path.
01:07Our country took a political, economic, and social risk by accepting millions of refugees.
01:13This was not the easy choice, it was not the popular choice, but it was the humane choice.
01:20It was a choice rooted in conscience, justice, and civilizational responsibility.
01:25Even when opposition parties sought to instrumentalize migrant suffering for electoral gain, President Erdogan did not choose populism over humanity.
01:35He chose principle over provocation.
01:38And I think this is exactly the kind of leadership that our world needs today.
01:43What also mattered was how this responsibility was carried out.
01:48Since 2011, Turkey has built extensive emergency capacity and a long-term social response.
01:55Women and girls have been placed at the center of migration management through policies that protected them, addressed their vulnerabilities,
02:02and supported their integration and recovery.
02:04Groups with vulnerabilities were identified early.
02:08Reception facilities included safe spaces, female officers, female doctors, and female interviewees.
02:15Syrian refugees were given access to health care and education from registration onward.
02:20Women facing violence were granted access to shelters.
02:24Psychosocial support, language training, and vocational programs helped many women gain skills, rebuild confidence, and participate more fully in the
02:33society.
02:34And integration policies were shaped around the background, education levels, and career goals of refugee women.
02:41Support for employment was combined with micro-credit and entrepreneurship programs, helping many women move from dependency to participation.
02:51Women were also encouraged to take leadership roles in their communities and participate in local decision-making,
02:56because religious resilience begins when women are recognized as actors who strengthen their families, communities, and broaden social fabric.
03:07So before I close, I would like to very quickly widen the lens to how Turkey addresses global crises more
03:14generally.
03:15Turkey has responded to global crises through a model that combines diplomacy, mediation, and humanitarian action.
03:21At a time when many actors have turned to coercion, Turkey has kept diplomacy alive, acting as a mediator, facilitator,
03:30and bridge builder,
03:31in crises from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Somalia, Ethiopia, to Russia, Ukraine, and tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
03:39These efforts have significantly contributed to regional and global stability and security,
03:46making Turkey a stabilizing force in its region, capable of reducing tensions, reopening diplomatic channels, and creating space for political
03:54solutions.
03:56In Syria and Libya, Turkey has supported territorial integrity, security sector reform, institutional recovery, and national reconstruction.
04:03In Sudan and Yemen, it has worked to preserve internal cohesion and prevent fragmentation.
04:10In Somalia, it has backed reconciliation and resisted divisive dynamics.
04:15Turkey has also addressed crises through the lens of justice, as well as stability.
04:20From the Rohingya to Palestine, it has remained active on major humanitarian crises,
04:25and emerged as one of the world's leading providers of aid.
04:29In Ukraine, it brokered and implemented the Black Sea Grain Initiative,
04:33a major diplomatic achievement that helped avert a deeper global food security crisis.
04:39Under President Erdogan's leadership, and through the call,
04:42the world is bigger than five,
04:44Turkey has made reform of the international system.
04:47Part of it is diplomacy, calling for a more just, representative, and consistent order
04:53in upholding international law, peace, and accountability.
04:56This is the role Turkey continues to play.
04:59Carrying responsibility, defending justice, and acting for peace in a time of deepening crisis.
05:05Thank you so much.
05:07Thank you.
05:07We share your thoughts, for sure.
05:09Good afternoon, everyone.
05:11I would like to thank the Communications Directorate for organizing this very timely panel today.
05:18We meet at a time of multiple global crises.
05:22They all disproportionately affect women and reinforce deeply entrenched inequalities in our societies.
05:30But the most consequential crisis of all is the breakdown of the international order itself.
05:37We are witnessing a system that has repeatedly failed to prevent war, mass atrocities, and humanitarian catastrophe.
05:45From the invasion of Ukraine to Israel's genocide in Gaza,
05:50from the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank to the forced displacement of one million people in Lebanon,
05:57and the widening of the war in Iran, the system has failed to uphold the principles it claims to defend.
06:05The rise of unilateralism, the paralysis of the security council, the selective applications of international law,
06:14profoundly produced a crisis of legitimacy.
06:19Nowhere is this more visible than in Gaza,
06:22where the inaction and complicity of the international community led to the first live-streamed genocide in history.
06:29It has exposed the moral collapse of the international system and the West's credibility.
06:36Never again has been reduced to hell of rhetoric used by the victims when the victims are politically inconvenient.
06:46The international order must be reformed to reflect a multipolar world
06:52and uphold human rights, justice, and peace above the narrow interests of the few.
06:58Without meaningful reform, the system will continue to fail,
07:02and the most vulnerable, especially women and children, will continue to pay the price.
07:08And that's precisely why the perspective of women leaders is central to this discussion.
07:15Women leaders bring a different understanding of power of crisis governance.
07:21We tend to approach security more comprehensively,
07:25linking state security to food, energy, health care, dignity, and social resilience.
07:31In times of crisis, women leaders often treat the protection of families,
07:36support for vulnerable groups, the preservation of social trust,
07:40and the maintenance of dialogue as strategic priorities.
07:44This is why diversity in leadership matters, especially in times of deep instability.
07:51And when we look at who bears the heaviest cost of today's crisis,
07:57the importance of this perspective becomes impossible to ignore.
08:01Women and children account for more than 75% of those displaced by global crises.
08:07In crisis settings, violence against women reaches roughly twice the global average.
08:14In Gaza, we see this in its most brutal form.
08:19Women have been forced to give birth under bombardment without access to basic health care.
08:25Mothers have had to bury 20,000 children.
08:28Gaza now holds the grim record of highest number of child amputees in history.
08:35And still, under siege, hunger, and displacement, women struggle to keep families alive.
08:42From Ukraine to many other conflict zones, the pattern is painfully familiar.
08:48Economic crises, climate shocks, and health emergencies also hit women especially hard.
08:54Because they are often the first to lose income,
08:57the first to absorb rising care burdens as resources shrink,
09:01and among the most affected when essential services break down.
09:05That is why women must be placed at the center of responses to global crises.
09:11They hold families together, sustain communities through crises,
09:15and help rebuild after collapse.
09:18Their inclusion makes recovery faster, resilience deeper, and societies stronger.
09:23So, the first priority must be to increase women's inclusion across the entire crisis cycle.
09:30In conflict, that means women in peace processes, local mediation, and early recovery,
09:37because we know peace lasts longer when women are at the table.
09:41In climate policy, it means women with a real stake in resilience and the green economy.
09:46In climate policy, it means women with a real stake in resilience and the green economy.
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