President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Ukraine for an official visit, received Mustafa Abdülcemil Kırımoğlu, the national leader of Crimean Tatar Turks and a member of the Ukrainian parliament, and his accompanying delegation. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/135603/president-erdogan-receives-crimean-tatar-delegation
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Speaking at a joint press conference with President Zelensky of Ukraine, President Erdoğan said: “Let me reiterate that we continue to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Crimea.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held a joint press conference following the 10th meeting of the Türkiye-Ukraine High Level Strategic Cooperation Council. Marking the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Türkiye and Ukraine, President Erdoğan underscored that his visit to Ukraine was taking place during a delicate period, and said: “Let me reiterate that we continue...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in Kyiv to pay an official visit at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Upon his arrival at Boryspil Airport, President Erdoğan was welcomed by Türkiye’s ambassador to Kyiv Yağmur Ahmet Güldere and his wife Seda Güldere, Ukraine’s ambassador to Ankara Vasyl Bodnar, and Ukrainian Foreign Ministry officials. Accompanying President Erdoğan during the visit are First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of...
Delivering remarks before leaving for Ukraine, President Erdoğan said: “We express on every platform our support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, our strategic partner and neighbor. We, as a Black Sea country ourselves, call on all the parties to act with restraint and pursue dialogue in order for peace to prevail in the region.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a joint press conference at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara before departing for Ukraine. “We are en route to Kyiv upon the invitation of President Zelenskyy of Ukraine to attend the 10th meeting of the High-Level...
Türkiye said it won’t back down from planned arms deals with Ukraine, including the possible sale of additional armed drones that’s drawn a rebuke from Russia. Military cooperation between Ankara and Kyiv is not intended to target Russia and won’t be disrupted to please it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun said. Ukraine Angers Russia by Buying Turkish Drones and Wants More The remarks set the tone for Erdogan’s visit to Ukraine on Thursday, when he is expected to sign sweeping agreements with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, including a free trade deal. A...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received President Nechirvan Barzani of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/135579/president-erdogan-receives-ikrg-president-barzani
Addressing TÜGİK’s General Assembly, President Erdoğan said: “Thanks to our investments that are five times, ten times more than the ones made over the entire Republican era, we have established the infrastructure which will elevate Türkiye above the level of contemporary civilization. We are now going through a new leap forward that will place our country in the world’s top 10 economies through completely its own model, dynamics, strength and programme.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the General Assembly of the Young Businessmen Confederation of Türkiye (TÜGİK)...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said that Türkiye's strategy of eradicating terrorism at its source made significant contributions to its border security, territorial integrity and national unity, and that this strategy, as outlined by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, also promoted global peace. In a post he shared on his social media account, Director of Communications Altun commented on "Winter Eagle" air operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern regions of Iraq and Syria against terrorist safe heavens, quoting the Ministry of National Defence's tweet with the caption "Terrorists' caves are being destroyed." In his post,...
In an event at the Akçaabat Public Library during his visit to Trabzon where he came together with the youth, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “From education to health, security to justice, transportation to energy, sports to social support, practically every effort and service you encounter bears our signature.” Relations with Russia In response to a question about his assessment of foreign policy approach after bringing up the Russia-Ukraine crisis, President Erdoğan highlighted that the goal in foreign policy is not to make more enemies but to cultivate friends. Noting that they were always trying to...