Speaking at the opening event of Mawlid al-Nabi Week, President Erdoğan said: “The rising Islamophobia in the West has turned into an all-out attack on our Book, our Prophet and all our sacred values. Such practices as relocation, inquisition and genocide against members of different faiths are not actually unfamiliar practices to Europe.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening event of Mawlid al-Nabi Week at Beştepe People’s Convention and Culture Center in Ankara. Pointing out that the Islamic world was going through a painful period full of challenges and difficulties, President Erdo...
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Digital exhibition prepared in memory of the versatile artist Osman Hamdi Bey, who has an important place in the history of Turkish art, met with art-lovers at Marmara University Sultanahmet Campus. In the exhibition opened by the Directorate of Communications within the scope of the "360 Culture and Art" project, where digital exhibitions will be displayed with the hologram and special projection technology, nearly 50 special works of Osman Hamdi Bey, the pioneer of contemporary Turkish painting art, are presented to the visitors with three-dimensional hologram and special projection devices. Speaking to the press about the exhibition, Mesut Onat, Istanbul Provincial Office...
Addressing citizens in Malatya, President Erdoğan said: “Thanks be to Allah, we have thus far not committed any fault or negligence that would disgrace our nation in any matter from the fight against terror to our cross-border operations. Turkey, today, has enshrined itself in the hearts across the world as the guardian of the oppressed and the advocate of justice.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens during AK Party’s provincial congress and an opening ceremony in Malatya. Regarding French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Islam, President Erdoğan noted that President Macron has recently been obsessed...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "Europe’s hostility towards Muslims and efforts to discipline them is inseparable from the increasingly widespread hostility towards Islam, Turkey and our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.” Altun shared a post on Twitter, indicating that Europe is an increasingly dangerous place for Muslims. Underlining that the dog whistle politics of offensive caricatures, accusations of separatism against Muslims, and mosque raids weren’t about freedom of expression, Altun noted, “It’s about intimidating and reminding Muslims that ‘they are welcome to keep the European economy going, but they will never belong’ – against the ‘backdrop of...
Delivering remarks in Kayseri, President Erdoğan said: “Recently, we have seen that the efforts for a new terrorist formation near the Iraqi border in Syria have been accelerated. Let me say this more clearly; there is an effort to establish a terror state there. I would like to say this without beating around the bush: Turkey will never allow the establishment of a terror state right beside its borders. We will do whatever is necessary and drain this swamp of terrorism.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered remarks at the 7th Ordinary Provincial Congress of the Justice and Development ...
Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations and 24 October United Nations Day: I extend my congratulations on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations (UN), of which we are a founding member. Turkey is a strong supporter and advocate of the principle of multilateralism and the values represented by the UN, which is at the center of the rules-based global system. Former Minister for EU Affairs, Chief Negotiator and Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly for Istanbul Ambassador Volkan Bozkır...
The Presidential circular concerning the celebrations to be held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey was published in the Official Gazette. The circular published with the signature of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan underlines that the nation created an epic of independence under the leadership of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his comrades in the War of Independence despite all kinds of poverty and impossibility. The circular indicates that the great nation saved the Anatolian lands, which they acquired as their homeland with their power and will, from...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the police raid on Mevlana Mosque in Berlin, the capital of Germany. President Erdoğan shared a post on his Twitter account, saying, “I strongly condemn the police raid on Mevlana Mosque in Berlin during the morning prayer; it was obviously nourished by racism and Islamophobia that totally ignore freedom of belief and bring Europe closer to the darkness of the Middle Ages day by day.” President Erdoğan noted the following in his post: “Europe, which has been referred to as the cradle of democracy, human rights and freedoms for years, has...
Answering reporters’ questions in Istanbul, President Erdoğan, on the ceasefire in Libya, said: “The ceasefire agreement that has been signed is not a ceasefire at the highest level. Time will show how lasting it will be at lower levels.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after performing Friday prayer in Istanbul. CEASEFIRE IN LIBYA In answer to a question about the signing of an agreement in Libya, President Erdoğan said: “The ceasefire agreement that has been signed is not a ceasefire at the highest level. Time will show how lasting it will be at lower levels.” ...