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“All our eligible citizens in the earthquake zone will move into their houses”

Speaking at the key delivery ceremony of 130,000 post-quake houses in Hatay, President Erdoğan said: “We will have delivered 452,958 residential units, workplaces and barns by the end of 2025. All our eligible citizens in the earthquake zone will move into their houses.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the key delivery ceremony of 130,000 post-quake houses in Hatay. Drawing attention to the February 6 earthquakes, President Erdoğan noted that they have concentrated state’s all means on the earthquake zone, and said: “The earthquakes, which affected an area of wider than 90 countries in the world, caused big destructions in...

Head of Communications Altun: “Türkiye is no longer a country that may or could be manipulated by terrorism”

On the first day of the 2024-2025 academic year at the Turkish-German University, Fahrettin Altun delivered the inaugural lecture, "Diplomacy and Communication in the Age of Uncertainties," in which he condemned the terrorist attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) campus. Noting that terrorism's objective is to instil dread, intimidate, and cause chaos, instability, and insecurity and that Türkiye was plagued by terrorism for many years, Head of Communications Altun stated, "Türkiye was regrettably manipulated by terrorism for years. Through the terrorist apparatus, terrorist organisations tried and succeeded in influencing Turkish policies. But that is no longer the...

“Türkiye has the power to eliminate any threat against its perpetuity at its source”

Speaking at the SAHA EXPO 2024 International Defence and Aerospace Exhibition Opening Event, President Erdoğan, in reference to the terrorist attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ facility in Ankara, said: “We will continue to crack down on those who think they can make us back down through such treacheries and to shatter their lairs. The Republic of Türkiye has the power, capacity and determination to eliminate any threat against its perpetuity at its source.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the SAHA EXPO 2024 International Defence and Aerospace Exhibition Opening Event in Istanbul. Referring to the terrorist...

President Erdoğan addresses questions of journalists on return flight from Tatarstan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to journalists and answered their questions on the plane after completing his talks in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, where he visited to attend the BRICS Summit. Wishing Allah's mercy upon the martyrs and a speedy recovery to those wounded in the terrorist attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), President Erdoğan said, "I wish 'get well soon' to the TAI family, who work for the peace, security, and defence of Türkiye, and to our august nation. Two terrorists, one of them female, who carried out the heinous...

President Erdoğan’s Message on UN Day

Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on October 24, United Nations Day and the 79th Anniversary of the Establishment of the United Nations Organization:   “I congratulate the UN Secretary-General and the UN staff on the 79th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations (UN) Organization.   The Organization commemorates its anniversary unfortunately with feelings of bitterness at a time when the number of UN officials who have lost their lives in Gaza and other conflict zones has reached record levels, peacekeeping missions have been attacked, and even the Secretary-General himself has been declared “persona non...

President Erdoğan returns home

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan departed Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, where he had been attending the BRICS Summit. Seeing President Erdoğan off at Kazan International Airport were First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin of Tatarstan, Mayor Ilsur Metshin of Kazan, Türkiye's Ambassador to Russia Tanju Bilgiç, and officials from the Turkish Embassy in Moscow and Consulate General in Kazan. Along with President Erdoğan, First Lady Emine Erdoğan and the accompanying delegation departed Tatarstan. Following his arrival, President Erdoğan will chair a security meeting at the Atatürk Airport...

President Erdoğan chairs security meeting

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired a security meeting at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul upon his return from Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, where he attended the 16th BRICS Summit. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya, Chief of General Staff Gen. Metin Gürak, Director of National Intelligence Organization İbrahim Kalın, Presidency’s Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Secretary of Defence Industries Haluk Görgün, Chief Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the President Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and...

“BRICS makes unique contributions to the construction of a fairer global order”

Addressing the 16th BRICS Summit, President Erdoğan said: “We believe that BRICS makes unique contributions to the construction of a fairer global order by serving the enhancement of global trade, economic growth and sustainable development goals.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the 16th BRICS Summit in Tatarstan’s capital Kazan. Delivering a speech at the Summit, President Erdoğan voiced his pleasure over participating in the Summit, and thanked President Vladimir Putin of Russia for his invitation and hospitality. “I thank all our friends, who conveyed their condolences for the treacherous terrorist act conducted in Ankara yesterday,...