President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the opening ceremony of New Zigana Tunnel in Trabzon. Speaking at the ceremony, President Erdoğan said: “Solely with today’s opening, we are introducing 111 projects with an investment value of approximately TL27 billion in Trabzon. Zigana Tunnel was built as the world’s third longest, and Europe’s as well as our country’s longest double-tube highway tunnel. With this tunnel located between Trabzon and Gümüşhane, we are connecting the Black Sea to Eastern and South Eastern Anatolia, and from there to Iran and the Middle East, namely the historical Silk...
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Presidency's Directorate of Communications held an event for children who have survived the earthquake in Kahramanmaraş. As part of the "Activity Trucks for the Earthquake Zone Project," events were held in the Kılılı Temporary Accommodation Centre in the Türkoğlu district and the EXPO area in the Onikişubat district in an effort to reintegrate earthquake survivors into society and eradicate traces of the disaster. In activities organised under the theme "A truckload of happiness is on its way to your city," children had a great time accompanied by clowns.
Addressing citizens in Rize, President Erdoğan said: “We are now getting ready to make history with the strength we derive from our accomplishments in the past 21 years. As a nation, we are now on the verge of much greater leaps forward.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a rally in Rize. “Together, we have introduced the greatest achievements in our history in Türkiye,” President Erdoğan said. “Together, we have accomplished in 21 years what could not be done in the 70 years before us. Together, we tore apart the...
The panel session titled "A New Insight into the Balkans" concluded the Istanbul Security Forum (ISF), hosted by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications and held at the Conrad Hotel on May 2-3. Author and the analyst Paul E. M. Reynolds, and former European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle spoke during the panel session moderated by the Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Research Ambassador Hasan Ulusoy. Reynolds said that the Balkans are viewed as a region to pass through on the way to another location and emphasised that in the past, wars were...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the delivery ceremony of forest firefighting helicopter and planes at the Directorate General of Forestry in Ankara. At the ceremony, President Erdoğan was briefed by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci on one T70 firefighting helicopter and four Air Tractor firefighting planes which will be added to the inventory of the Directorate General of Forestry. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/146976/president-erdogan-attends-delivery-ceremony-of-forest-firefighting-planes
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan to congratulate him on the successful referendum held last week on the constitutional amendment. According to a statement by the Presidential Office of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev held a telephone call with President Erdoğan. During the call, the leaders discussed issues such as the further development of the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership relations, constructive cooperation, and the implementation of priority projects. The leaders reviewed the investment projects carried out in Uzbekistan with the participation of Türkiye's leading companies and also discussed the preparations for the next meeting of...
President Erdoğan: "We now have a better understanding of why the imperialist powers provided the separatist organisation and its extensions in Syria with so many weapons, as well as why they want to encircle our country with a corridor of terrorism." In a post he shared on social media, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan noted that yesterday they announced the discovery of the largest oil reserve in the history of the Republic in Cudi, Gabar. President Erdoğan said, "We no longer receive bad news that rips our hearts out, but rather we receive good news from the mountains...
Director of Communications Altun said, "TRT's digital platform will compete as a very serious actor in the global arena." Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun spoke at the debut of TRT's international digital platform "Tabii", held at the Beykoz Kundura Factory. Director of Communications Altun said he was very pleased, excited and proud to be at such an important event in his speech. Director of Communications Altun stated that they are experiencing a day and a moment that they have been preparing for a long time and added, "Thankfully, we are experiencing this moment together with you, friends. We are...
In a post he shared on social media, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "May our new digital platform 'Tabii', which will tell the stories that unite us in five different languages and 25 countries, have a smooth path and a large audience. In Türkiye, 'Tabii' will be made available to our nation at no cost initially. May it be auspicious."