President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President of the European Council Charles Michel. The call addressed regional matters, the developments in Afghanistan and the migration issue in particular, and steps to enhance Türkiye-EU relations. President Erdoğan voiced his satisfaction over the decision to include Türkiye in the EU Digital COVID Certificate. President Erdoğan reiterated Türkiye’s expectation that the EU membership negotiations be restarted, the Customs Union be updated, and the 18 March Agreement, the visa liberalisation in particular, be put into effect in its entirety. Noting that the recent developments in Afghanistan...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom. The call addressed regional matters, the development in Afghanistan and the migration issue in particular, and steps to enhance Türkiye-UK relations. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye, whose current priority in Afghanistan he underscored was the evacuation of its citizens, could maintain the responsibility of ensuring the security of Kabul Airport if appropriate conditions were created. Stressing that if the necessary precautions were not taken in Afghanistan and Iran, a new migration wave would be inevitable, President Erdoğan pointed out...
Türkiye Drone Festival, organised by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, will begin tomorrow, and for the first time in the world, the country will be promoted using First Person View (FPV) Drones. Professional "FPV drone" pilots from around the world will compete to showcase Türkiye's most prominent destinations during the festival, which runs until August 28. Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun noted the following about the festival: "Drones are flying for Türkiye. Tomorrow marks the start of the Türkiye Drone Festival, organised by our Directorate of Communications. We will witness our country's riches in 12 cities throughout...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi of Iraq. The call addressed Türkiye-Iraq relations and regional issues. President Erdoğan voiced Türkiye's pleasure over the positive course of the relations in the fields of trade, military and intelligence, and said that the cooperation in the fight against terror must be enhanced as well. Stressing that the PKK terrorist organization, besides its presence in Qandil, also maintained its existence in Makhmur and Sinjar, which were directly under the central government's control, President Erdoğan said, just like in the previous...
President Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. The call addressed the bilateral relations between Türkiye and Germany, and regional matters, the developments in Afghanistan and the migration issue in particular. Stating that Türkiye closely followed the developments in Afghanistan, President Erdoğan said that in the event that appropriate conditions were created, Türkiye could maintain the responsibility of security and operation at Kabul airport, which would contribute to the eliminating of the concerns of all the parties, the international community and the Afghan people in particular. Noting that the new government...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The call addressed regional issues, the developments in Afghanistan in particular, and steps to enhance Türkiye-Russia relations. The two leaders exchanged condolences over the Turkish and Russian crew who had lost their lives while fighting the fire in Kahramanmaras last week. Stating that Türkiye attached great importance to the cooperation between Türkiye and Russia in the energy sector, President Erdoğan voiced Türkiye’s expectation for the increase of natural gas flow via the Turkish Stream, which was one of the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis. During the conversation, regional developments and bilateral relations, particularly developments in Afghanistan and the migration issue, were addressed. President Erdoğan and Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis mutually exchanged their get-well wishes over the forest fires that erupted in both countries during the conversation. President Erdoğan stated that the forest fires were contained in Türkiye and that they were prepared to assist Greece in its fight against the forest fires. Noting that he was pleased with the commencement of meetings...
The press truck of the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications provides services to the journalists working in the flood-hit Bozkurt district of Kastamonu. The press truck, which was sent to the disaster area by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications following the disaster caused by the flooding of Ezine Creek on August 11, was deployed in the Bozkurt district and began providing services to journalists working in the region. The press truck, equipped by the Directorate of Communications at the Disaster Coordination Centre in order to facilitate the professional activities of national and international media members working in the flood-affected...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in Istanbul. Answering reporters’ questions following the prayer, President Erdoğan, with reference to the developments in Afghanistan, underscored that the Western world and the Islamic world had not shown due diligence to that country. Stating that neither Russia nor the U.S. had managed to display a healthy stance during their intervention in Afghanistan, President Erdoğan said that unlike Russia and the U.S., Turkey had made and still continued to make every effort for the infrastructure and superstructure of Afghanistan. Asked about Turkey’s...