President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended via videoconference the opening ceremony of Hasankeyf-2 Bridge. President Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony. “WE WORK TO ELEVATE THE BANNER OF SERVICE WE TOOK OVER FROM SUCH PATRIOTIC STATESMEN AS THE LATE ÖZAL” President Erdoğan remembered with mercy Turkey’s eighth President Turgut Özal on the 28th anniversary of his passing. Describing the late President Özal as a great politician who had worked for the development of Turkey and had gained a special place in the hearts of the Turkish people with his honesty, sincerity and industriousness, President Erdo...
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Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "Türkiye made a revolution, so to speak, exactly four years ago, when it opted for the Presidential System of Government through national votes. With the new system, Türkiye has stripped itself from the futile daily political discussions and taken a significant step toward our independence, stability, and future." In a post on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Altun commented on the fourth anniversary of the adoption by popular vote of the 18-article constitutional amendment establishing the Presidential System of Government. Stating that Türkiye made a revolution, so the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated world leaders on the month of Ramadan, which he began with a busy diplomatic agenda. Since the beginning of Ramadan on April 12, President Erdoğan has spoken on the phone with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, President Barham Salih of Iraq, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan. During the conversations, where the leaders exchanged congratulations on the month of Ramadan, it was hoped that Ramadan would be auspicious for both the Islamic...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Developments in the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya and Afghanistan, as well as regional issues, the Russia-Ukraine crisis, in particular, were discussed during the phone call. During the conversation, President Erdoğan stated that thanks to Türkiye's constructive steps and insistent calls, a calm atmosphere prevailed in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean these days. Underscoring that the new government in Libya should be supported in the areas of defence and security, President Erdoğan noted that Türkiye was making contributions in that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions following the prayer. “YOU DON’T PAY THE NECESSARY CITIZENSHIP CARE TO OUR 150 THOUSAND KINSMEN IN GREECE” In answer to a question about the dialogue that took place during the press conference Turkish and Greek foreign ministers held yesterday, President Erdoğan said that he had received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias in actually quite a warm atmosphere before his meeting with Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. “However, the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias at the Presidential Complex. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/126597/president-erdogan-receives-greek-fm-dendias
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with young people and answered their questions at the Library Talks held at the Presidency's Nation's Library. Upon the question, "What are the advantages of Canal Istanbul? Do we intend to withdraw from the Montreux Convention by doing so?" President Erdoğan stated that it was a canal with a length of 42-43 kilometres and that they were to connect the Black Sea to Marmara through this canal. President Erdoğan continued as follows: "The fact remains that these processes, such as whether the ships coming from the Black Sea and the Marmara would...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun responded on social media with a video message to racist Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ Islamophobic post on Ramadan. Director of Communications Altun shared a video message on his Twitter account, which said, "Heartless Geert Wilders represents extremism, racism, violence, and fascism. Islam condemns extremism, racism, violence, and fascism. Stop racism.” Advocating in his post that Islam did not belong in the Netherlands, extreme rightist Wilders said, "Stop Islam and stop Ramadan."
President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye had managed to become one of the few countries with air-to-air missile technology. In the post he shared on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan said, “Türkiye has managed to become one of the few countries with air-to-air missile technology. BOZDOĞAN, our within visual range air-to-air missile developed by our young technicians and engineers under the GÖKTUĞ project, hit right on the target at the first shot. Mashallah to the youth”. The video shared by President Erdoğan features Bozdoğan firing and hitting right on the air target called "...