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President Erdoğan receives Chairman Zandanshatar of State Great Khural of Mongolia

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Chairman Gombojavyn Zandanshatar of the State Great Khural of Mongolia at the Presidential Complex.  Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (GNAT) Mustafa Şentop was present as well at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/140206/president-erdogan-receives-chairman-zandanshatar-of-state-great-khural-of-mongolia

President Erdoğan receives Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Younan and his accompanying delegation at the Presidential Complex.  Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu was present as well at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/140205/president-erdogan-receives-patriarch-of-the-syriac-catholic-church

Director of Communications Altun’s statement on allegations of Greek Minister Mitarachi

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun made statements on his social media account upon Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Greece Notis Mitarachi's post on Twitter regarding Türkiye. Director of Communications Altun said, "We urge Greece to abandon its harsh treatment of refugees as soon as possible, to cease its baseless and false charges against Türkiye, and to deliver the dignity of government." Remarking, "Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Greece, who seems to have mistaken Türkiye for his own country, attempted to cast suspicion on our country by sharing false information," Director of Communications Altun stated...

President Erdoğan visits miners under treatment in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited miners who were transferred to Çam and Sakura City Hospital in Istanbul due to injuries caused by a coal mine blast in Bartın’s Amasra district. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/140188/president-erdogan-visits-miners-under-treatment-in-istanbul

President Erdoğan, President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.  UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conveyed his condolences to President Erdoğan for those who lost their lives in the coal mine blast in Bartın. Also, President Erdoğan and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan addressed the Türkiye-UAE relations during the call. The two leaders agreed on expanding to military and defense industry as well the two countries’ cooperation, which has strengthened in a wide range of areas, from mutual...

President Erdoğan shares post thanking the countries that have extended their condolences

In a post on his social media account, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared the flags of the countries that extended their condolences. In a message to President Erdoğan, many state and government leaders expressed their condolences for those killed in the mining explosion in Bartın. The heads of state and government of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Czechia, Dominican Republic, Armenia, Iran, Japan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Lebanon, Mexico, Mauritania, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Chile, and Venezuela, among others, expressed their condolences to President Erdoğan for those who were killed in the mining accident in...

Latin America offers condolences to Türkiye following coal mine blast

Latin American countries, including Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Panama, and Cuba, have issued messages of condolence in response to the accident that occurred in the coal mine of the Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises (TTK) Amasra Establishment and resulted in the death of 41 people. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela shared a post on his social media account, saying, “From Venezuela, we express our solidarity with the people of Türkiye and our friend, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the wake of the tragic mine explosion in Bartın, which resulted in human casualties. My...

World leaders extend condolences to President Erdoğan and Türkiye

Many heads of state and government sent messages of condolence to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the lives lost in the coal mine blast in Bartın province. Numerous heads of state and government, including those of Russia, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Greece, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Hungary, Palestine, Guinea Bissau, Belarus, Libya, and Jordan, voiced their condolences for the victims of the mining accident in Bartın. Through their respective foreign ministries and embassies, the United States, China, The United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Poland,...