Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina moʻomeheu a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Turkey ʻo Ertugrul Gunay e kaʻana like ka ʻāina i kāna ʻike ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi me Iran.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gunay, ka mea i hōʻea i Tehran i ka Pōʻaono no kahi huakaʻi kūhelu ʻehā lā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iran a me Turkey he hoʻoilina hoʻomana, mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻāina ʻelua i nā mana nui e hoʻoikaika hou i kā lākou pilina ma nā ʻano like ʻole, me ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hana ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo ma Tehran i ka Pōʻaono, ma hope o ka hālāwai ʻana me ke poʻo o Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Hamid Baqaei.
"I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Iran a me Turkey i kahi ʻaelike ma ke kahua o ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ma kēia huakaʻi e nānā mākou i nā hana no ka hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻaelike," wahi a Gunay.
Aia ʻo Turkey i ka ʻehiku i ka papa inoa o nā ʻāina he ʻumi e huki i ka helu kiʻekiʻe o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kipa aku ʻo 27 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i Turkey ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mau Iranians.
