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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Eid al-Fitr prayer at Grand Camlica Mosque in Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions following the prayer. In answer to a question regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, President Erdoğan drew attention to Presidential Spokesperson Ambassador İbrahim Kalın’s latest visit to Kyiv and noted that Türkiye was working to speed up the evacuation from Mariupol. The President also stressed Türkiye’s desire to bring the Russian and Ukrainian leaders together in Istanbul or Ankara. As regards his visit to Saudi Arabia late April, President Erdoğan said that favorable developments...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with workers during an iftar dinner at Istanbul Shipyard Command.   Addressing workers at the dinner, President Erdoğan voiced his pleasure over coming together with workers at the last iftar of the month of Ramadan, and said: “As a brother of yours who launched into life as a worker, I consider May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day to be a day of mine as well. We wanted to share workers’ joy of Labor and Solidarity Day on this beautiful May evening by meeting with our shipyard workers and representatives of the Confederation of Turkish...

Director of Communications Altun: "TRT, which inspires confidence and brightens our hearts with its broadcast content, is also one of the means of strengthening our ties with our citizens around the world and our brothers and sisters in the geography dear to our hearts.” Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun sent a congratulatory message to Director-General Mehmet Zahid Sobacı on the occasion of the 58th foundation anniversary of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). Noting that TRT, which he congratulated on its anniversary, continues to be a pioneering institution that safeguards national, moral, and cultural values...

Issuing a message on Eid al-Fitr, President Erdoğan said: “I thank the Lord since he has enabled us, as the nation, to reach this Eid al-Fitr as well in good health and well-being. Eids are exceptional days when we consolidate our unity and solidarity; when we revitalize our eternal brotherhood.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message and congratulated all citizens on Eid al-Fitr. “I hope the Eid may lead to peace, serenity and well-being for our country and nation as well as for the Islamic world and the whole humanity. On the one hand, it saddens us...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. The call addressed the Türkiye-Qatar relations and regional developments. The two leaders reiterated their determination to maintain close cooperation and dialogue regarding the Türkiye-Qatar relations and regional matters.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman. The call addressed steps that would strengthen the Türkiye-Oman relations and regional matters. President Erdoğan highlighted the importance Türkiye attached to enhancing cooperation with Oman in all areas.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The developments regarding the war in Ukraine were discussed during the call. UN Secretary-General Guterres briefed President Erdoğan on his contacts in Moscow and Kyiv. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye stood ready to support the UN-led efforts with regard to humanitarian assistance, evacuations and humanitarian contact group. Noting that they would continue to suggest both Ukraine and Russia to act with constraint and on the basis of reconciliation, President Erdoğan said that they would continue with determination and sincerity their efforts...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the opening ceremony of Pınarhisar and Çakıllı beltways. Voicing his wish for Pınarhisar and Çakıllı beltways to lead to auspicious outcomes for Türkiye and the region, President Erdoğan said that the beltways were one of the most important sections of the 71-kilometer project that would connect the province of Kırklareli to organized industrial zones and European Free Zone via the district of Saray. Underscoring that most parts of these roads on this route, which he noted was one of Türkiye’s leading production and...

President Erdoğan: "We must enter into a very different process in our region with the countries with which we share the same beliefs and thoughts. This is a process of making friends, not making enemies." On the plane back from Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists' questions on the agenda and said, "(With Saudi Arabia) we agreed that we need to reactivate a great economic potential with organisations that will bring together both countries' businesspeople and investors." Expressing that they successfully completed their visit upon the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of...