President Erdoğan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli made remarks in the Gölbaşı district of Adıyaman, which was affected by earthquakes with the epicentre of Kahramanmaraş and President Erdoğan said, "There has never been another country in the world or such a large population in such a large area that has been exposed to such a disaster and recovered as quickly as ours." President Erdoğan visited earthquake victims in their containers in the container city of Adıyaman, stating that he met with citizens and then with the city's opinion leaders. President...
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Speaking in the earthquake-hit Adıyaman, President Erdoğan said: “Just as we have implemented in our country countless services and projects previously believed to be impossible, I also promise my nation in front of you that we will substantially heal the wounds of the earthquake within a year.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chairman Devlet Bahçeli of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) inspected the ongoing relief efforts in Adıyaman. Making a speech following the inspections, President Erdoğan offered his wishes for a speedy recovery to the earthquake victims, and said: “We had come to Ad...
Disaster relief continues to pour in from around the world for those devastated by the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centred in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, affecting 11 provinces. While the United States of America (USA) began to establish a 100-bed capacity field hospital in Hatay for the survivors affected by the earthquakes, described as the “Disaster of the Century”, the Turkish-American community collected donations through social media platforms in a joint broadcast from the Turkevi Center in New York to provide housing for the earthquake victims. A team of 32 Cuban medical professionals began offering medical services through interpreters in the units they...
President Vladimir Putin of Russia, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan, and President Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by phone to wish him a happy birthday. President Putin of Russia congratulated President Erdoğan on the occasion of his birthday, saying, "In this trying time, in such a critical situation, as Türkiye overcomes the tragic aftermath of devastating earthquakes, your best qualities, your courage, and your ability to make conscious and necessary decisions as a statesman and a human are fully on display. Dear friend, I wholeheartedly wish you health, happiness, prosperity, and...
Messages of support and condolences continue to pour into Türkiye from all over the world for the victims of the earthquakes, which are described as the 'disaster of the century'. Countries such as the United States, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The United Kingdom, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Somalia, and Saudi Arabia, which have offered numerous aid to earthquake victims, continue to support disaster victims in Türkiye through donation campaigns and direct aid. In addition, foreign diplomats coordinated by the ambassadors of Sri Lanka, Algeria, Djibouti, Malta, Montenegro, and New Zealand to Ankara made donations for earthquake victims in Türkiye....
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Ersin Tatar and Prime Minister Ünal Üstel of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/143064/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-tatar-and-pm-ustel-of-the-trnc
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/143060/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-aliyev-of-azerbaijan
Answering the questions of Kathimerini, one of the leading Greek newspapers, about the earthquakes affecting 11 provinces in Türkiye and described as the "disaster of the century," Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "Currently, our government has no priority but to meet the needs of our citizens and to reconstruct our cities affected by the earthquake." Emphasising that the two biggest earthquakes in Türkiye since 1939 occurred around 9 hours apart and that two very large earthquakes hit the country, Director of Communications Altun said, "Both of these earthquakes were stronger than the one that struck the Marmara region in 1999....
Aid organised by many institutions in numerous countries continues to pour in Türkiye for the victims of the earthquakes, which are described as the "disaster of the century." Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Algeria, Iraq, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Senegal and Serbia continue to support earthquake victims, and aid organised by different institutions and organisations in different cities of those countries continue to reach disaster victims in Türkiye today. Within the scope of the support, the famous model Bella Hadid also visited the Turkevi Centre in New York to help the earthquake victims in Türkiye. ...