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President Erdoğan, Emir Al Thani of Qatar talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. The two leaders addressed and exchanged views on the increasing conflicts in the region within the framework of the Israel-Palestine tension.

President Erdoğan, President Herzog of Israel talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Isaac Herzog of Israel. The call addressed the latest developments regarding the tension in the region as well as the ongoing incidents in Israel and Palestine. Underscoring that any step, in which the people of Gaza will get harm as a whole without any discrimination, will further increase the sufferings and the spiral of violence in the region, President Erdoğan said all should act with commonsense, and that the immediate restoration of peace in the region is of crucial importance in terms of the serenity of the entire region. ...

President Erdoğan, Prime Minister Mikati of Lebanon talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon. The call addressed the increasing conflicts in the region within the framework of the Israel-Palestine tension. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye will continue to exert itself in order for the conflicts to end.

President Erdoğan, President Abbas of Palestine talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine during a break from the Presidential Cabinet Meeting. The call addressed the latest developments regarding the tension in the region as well as the ongoing incidents in Israel and Palestine. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye makes every effort in order for the conflicts in the region to end and for the peace to be immediately restored.

“We facilitated the spread of knowledge, culture and science through our universities”

Speaking at the opening ceremony of academic year 2023-2024, President Erdoğan said: “By increasing the number of universities from 76 to 208, we paved the way for every young person to attend higher education in the nearest place to their homes. We facilitated the spread of knowledge, culture and science to all our 81 provinces through our universities. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of academic year 2023-2024 at Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Center in Ankara. “Universities, which are regarded to be centers of excellence for the society, have roles beyond providing individuals...

Director of Communications Altun: “In an age where fanaticism and hatred against Muslims are on the rise, we will remain steadfast in our commitment to religious freedoms”

In a post on social media, the Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, stated that President Erdoğan made history once again yesterday by attending the opening ceremony of the Mor Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Church in Istanbul and that this event marked the inauguration of the first newly built church in the Turkish Republic’s history. Underscoring that President Erdoğan has always advocated for religious freedoms for all our citizens regardless of their denomination and worked to ensure that legal and administrative hurdles before renovation and restoration efforts of churches are removed, Director of Communications Altun said: "In the...