Advisor of the Turkic Council Ambassador Halil Akıncı participated in the 6th Think Tanks Forum of the Islamic Countries with the theme of "Building Multi-Dimensional Security in Islamic Countries" organized by TASAM between 6-8 March 2015 in Islamabad.

Ambassador Akıncı addressed to the participants at the opening session and gave background information about the Islamic geography and history, drew attention to the problems in this context and talked about the approach of Turkic Council to regional cooperation and security issues.

Following issues were discussed during the Forum: - Imperatives of Multi-dimensional Security : Political, Economic, Strategic Dimensions, - Cooperative Security: Challenges and Prospects, (Intra-sect Harmony, Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Communication Network and Intra-Islam Dialogue), - Non-traditional Security Threats, (Terrorism, Extremism, Economy, Cyber Security, Energy-Food-Water Security, Organized Crimes, Natural Disasters, Environment, Drug Trafficking, etc.), - Defence and Space Industry: Opportunities and Risks, Cooperation for Nuclear Non-proliferation, - Soft Power Building and Management, (Human Resource Development, Governance, Civil Society, Media, Image Building, etc.)