President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Head of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohammad Younes Menfi at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. Council Member Abdullah Hussein Al-Lafi was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/126376/president-erdogan-meets-with-head-of-the-presidential-council-of-libya-mohammad-younes-menfi
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after the prayer. Regarding Turkey’s vaccination drive, President Erdoğan stated that the inoculation process will hopefully have been completed between May and June, and said: “We are making our preparations and, in addition to the vaccines we already bought from China, I thoroughly discussed this issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. The first agreement we reached with China was actually for 100 million doses of the Chinese vaccine. 50 million doses were...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi at the Presidential Complex. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/126355/president-erdogan-receives-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-china-wang-yi
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with the players of the Turkish National Football Team and congratulated them for defeating the Netherlands 4-2 in the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with the players and the team's coach, Şenol Güneş, via the mobile phone of Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu, who met with the players after the game in the locker room. During the call, Turkish Football Federation President Nihat Özdemir accompanied the players.
President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received congratulatory calls on the occasion of his re-election to the Chairmanship at the AK Party's 7th Ordinary Grand Congress. President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Mustafa Şentop, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Great Unity Party (BBP) Mustafa Destici, Chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Önder Aksakal, Chairman of the Motherland Party İbrahim Çelebi, the High Advisory Board Chairman of the Felicity Party Oğuzhan Asiltürk, Fener...
Addressing AK Party’s 7th Ordinary Grand Congress, President Erdoğan said: “We want a healthy, just and prosperous world for all our friends and the humanity along with ourselves. We know that the elites of the global system, who built an artificial order of security and wealth for themselves in their glass places, are far away from this understanding. Therefore, we reiterate at every chance we get our assessment and demand that ‘the World is bigger than 5,’ which we have been voicing for a long time.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made...
Regional issues and steps to strengthen the Türkiye-Germany and Türkiye-European Union (EU) relations were discussed during the videoconference, which took place ahead of the AK Party’s 7th Ordinary Grand Congress. Stating that the positive reflection of giving dialogue prominence in Türkiye-EU relations was seen by all, President Erdoğan expressed his belief that the personal contribution of Chancellor Merkel had played a significant role in the creation of such atmosphere. Underscoring that necessary efforts should be exerted in order for the current situation not to be undermined by some member countries that failed to understand the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Mario Draghi of Italy. Regional issues and steps to strengthen the Türkiye-Italy relations were discussed during the phone call, which took place ahead of the AK Party’s 7th Ordinary Grand Congress. President Erdoğan offered his congratulations to Mr. Draghi on his new duty as prime minister. Noting that the strengthening of the strategic partnership between the two countries will contribute to the stability and prosperity of their shared geography, President Erdoğan expressed his wish that the Third Türkiye-Italy Intergovernmental Summit may...
On 20 March 2021, Türkiye has unilaterally withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention. Article 80 of the Istanbul Convention permits any party to denounce it by notifying the Council of Europe. As known, Türkiye was the first signatory to the Istanbul Convention by demonstrating a strong commitment to protect women’s status in society and fight any violence against women. The Istanbul Convention, originally intended to promote women’s rights, was hijacked by a group of people attempting to normalize homosexuality – which is incompatible with Türkiye’s social and family values. Hence the decision to withdraw. Türkiye is not the...