President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his condolences and wishes for a swift recovery for the community in relation to the attack at the Santa Maria Italian Church in Sarıyer and stated that the necessary steps were taken to catch the perpetrators as soon as possible. Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, posted information about the process on his social media account. In this regard, Director of Communications Altun stated that President Erdoğan had phone conversations with Sarıyer District Governor Ömer Kalaylı, Santa Maria Italian Church Priest Anton Bulai and Consul General of Poland in Istanbul Witold...
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The claim that "the US Congress requested to see the original decision with wet signatures" regarding Sweden's NATO membership is not true. The United States is the "depositary", or custodian of records, for over 200 multilateral treaties, including the United Nations Charter, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO's founding treaty). The United States, in its capacity as a depositary, retains the "original" treaty texts and facilitates their signature as appropriate. Additionally, the depositary receives treaty-related instruments, such as ratification instruments. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed the Presidential Decree on Sweden's Accession to the North Atlantic...
Speaking at the opening ceremony of İzmir City Hospital, President Erdoğan said: “We have provided all our cities with the most advanced healthcare services with all their buildings, equipment and ambulances. We have elevated our healthcare services to a level above world standards with city hospitals put into service in many places as well as in İzmir.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of İzmir City Hospital and Link Roads. Underscoring that the İzmir City Hospital is one of the biggest and the most modern healthcare facilities in not only Türkiye but...
President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the AK Party İzmir District Mayoral Candidates Announcement Meeting. President Erdoğan made the following remarks at the meeting: "I sincerely believe that Izmir will hold those who have neglected it for years to account at the ballot box and choose real municipal work. Türkiye is no longer the Türkiye of a quarter century, half a century ago. Türkiye's regional and global responsibilities are increasing as it completes its infrastructure deficiencies and consolidates its political and economic independence. Given our expanding political sphere of influence,...
The Symposium "Media's Struggle for Truth in the Gaza War: Violence, Disinformation, and Censorship", organised by the Directorate of Communications, continues on its second day. The symposium, which commenced in a hotel in Taksim yesterday with opening remarks by Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, and Palestine's Ambassador to Ankara, Faed Mustafa, discusses the press members' struggle for truth in the Gaza war, access to accurate information and journalists' safety, as well as the role of international media. The symposium, which features international members of the media from several countries as speakers, also highlights the importance of the global struggle...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post on his social media account on the decision by the International Court of Justice on the aggression against Palestine. Director of Communications Altun stated the following in his post: "The International Court of Justice has made a sound decision as a powerful step in the way of holding Israel accountable for its war crimes. The court’s decision is a landmark exception to so many failures and double standards on the part of many Western governments who have been silent and complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing efforts....
"The Media's Struggle for Truth in the Gaza War: Violence, Disinformation, Censorship" Symposium organised by the Directorate of Communications began with its first session entitled "Journalists' Safety in Conflict Zones and Attempts to Suppress and Intimidate Journalists." The session moderated by the Head of the Public Diplomacy Department of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Güner, was attended by Al Jazeera's Lebanon Reporter Carmen Joukhadar, Anadolu Agency's (AA) photojournalist Mustafa Hassona, Spanish journalist David Segarra and TRT Arabic Editor Somaya Abunima Abueita. Noting that this symposium will shed light on Israel's attempts to intimidate and suppress...
President Erdoğan said: "As Türkiye, we will continue to work with all our strength and stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters to establish a ceasefire and pave the way for lasting peace." President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a post on social media regarding the International Court of Justice's ruling on Israel. President Erdoğan said, "I value and welcome the International Court of Justice's interim ruling regarding the inhumane attacks in Gaza. We will continue to monitor the process to ensure that war crimes against innocent Palestinian civilians do not go unpunished. We hope that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/150882/president-erdogan-meets-with-uk-foreign-secretary-cameron