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President Erdoğan sends video message to March 14 Doctors’ Day Ceremony

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the March 14 Doctors' Day Ceremony of the Ministry of Health. In his message, President Erdoğan wished March 14 Doctors' Day to be auspicious and used the following expressions: "I extend my wholehearted gratitude to healthcare professionals for their endeavours, efforts, and sacrifices on behalf of my country and my nation. I wish Allah's mercy upon all our brothers and sisters whom we sent off to eternity, including those who lost their lives while performing their duties." Indicating that humanity was experiencing one of the most severe health disasters of the...

President Erdoğan pens a letter addressed to healthcare professionals on March 14 Doctors’ Day

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wrote a letter addressed to healthcare professionals on the occasion of March 14 Doctors’ Day. President Erdoğan wrote the first letter of the digital letter campaign organized by Lütfen Platformu (the Please Platform), which was established to raise awareness on social issues, with the slogan 'Let's Write a Letter for Those Who Make History' for healthcare professionals who have served with great sacrifice during the Covid-19 period. As part of the campaign, which started on March 14 Doctors’ Day and will last until April, anyone who wishes will be able to convey their feelings and...

A letter of thanks to President Erdoğan from Emel Adra, fourth generation granddaughter of Sultan Abdülhamid

The fourth generation granddaughter of Sultan Abdülhamid, Emel Adra, who overcame the coronavirus in Lebanon's capital Beirut with the treatment she received after Turkey intervened and switched her hospital, wrote a letter of thanks to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Türkiye intervened for the treatment of Adra, who had coronavirus in Beirut. The health status of Adra, whose hospital where she was treated in Beirut was changed, was followed minute by minute. Writing a letter to President Erdoğan when she recovered, Adra noted the following: "After I caught Covid-19, I received treatment at the Beirut American Hospital...

Director of Communications Altun shares a post regarding steps to be taken in employment within economic reforms

Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post regarding the steps to be taken in the field of employment within the scope of economic reforms announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The post Director of Communications Altun shared on his Twitter account included an infographic listing 15 items under five headlines on employment. Accordingly, the efficiency of employment incentives will be reviewed, and practices, which give rise to duplications in current incentives as well as mutually exclusive inefficient incentives, will be determined, and the incentive system will be simplified. The micro and small-scale companies with liquidity problems will...

“Our economic reform package includes concrete and solution-oriented policies that will carry Turkey to the future with confidence”

Unveiling Turkey’s economic reform package, President Erdoğan said: “Our economic reform package includes concrete and solution-oriented policies that will carry Turkey to the future with confidence. We will complete all the reforms we have scheduled within the timeline we have determined. We will evaluate the success of the programme with the reform monitoring meetings we will hold quarterly.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled the Economic Reform Package in a speech in Istanbul. Noting that the preparations for the reforms programme that will shape Turkey’s future were initiated back in November, President Erdoğan said: “At the...

(COVID-19 Vaccines) “We might purchase 50 million more from China if we reach an agreement”

Answering reporters’ questions in Istanbul, President Erdoğan pointed to the agreement with China on vaccines and said: “We might receive a second shipment from China. We might purchase 50 million more from China if we reach an agreement.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed the Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in the Üsküdar district of İstanbul. Answering reporters’ questions, President Erdoğan noted that the negotiations with Germany and Russia was still ongoing regarding the COVID-19 vaccines and said: “We might receive a second shipment from China. We might purchase 50 million more from China if we reach an...

“Golden Compass” award to CİMER

Presidency’s Communication Centre (CİMER) won an award at the competition “The Golden Compass Public Relations Awards” of the Türkiye Public Relations Association (TÜHID). Operating under the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, CİMER has been deemed worthy of an award in the “Golden Compass Public Relations Awards” competition, organized for the 19th time this year by TÜHID in order to reward successful public relations efforts. In his statement regarding the award, Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that they were proud of the fact that CİMER, which was established by President Recep...

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications launches website “turkiyestopscovid.com” describing Türkiye’s efficient fight against Covid-19

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications launched the website “turkiyestopscovid.com”, describing the efficient fight carried out against the pandemic since the first novel coronavirus (Covid-19) case was seen in Türkiye on March 11, 2020. The “http://turkiyestopscovid.com” website, which was prepared in Turkish and English with the slogan “For Humanity”, includes the activities which Türkiye conducted both for its own citizens and the whole world. The website, which tells about Türkiye model regarding the fight against Covid-19, covers Türkiye’s broad range of activities from health to education, from social aids to economic supports. The website also...

“Independence March is our common oath”

Speaking at a commemoration for Mehmet Akif Ersoy and the centenary of the Independence March, President Erdoğan underscored that Turkey is the roof under which all the 84 million citizens shelter, and said: “Independence March is our common oath. These lands, under every inch of which a martyr is buried, are the common homeland of all of us.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at a commemoration held for Mehmet Akif Ersoy and the centenary of the Independence March at Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Center. Underscoring that Turkey is the roof under which all the 84...