President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. During the conversation, matters that would improve Turkey-Iran relations and strengthen cooperation in the fight against terror were discussed, and regional matters, Azerbaijan-Armenia issue and Syria in particular, were reviewed. In the conversation, President Erdoğan stated that they see being in close cooperation and solidarity with Iran as a requirement of neighbourly relations beyond mutual interest. Underscoring that the attacks Armenia, which has caused a crisis with its occupation and attacks on Azerbaijani lands, is conducting against civilians constitute...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a funeral ceremony held at Virgin Mary Armenian Church in Istanbul for AK Party Istanbul Deputy Markar Esayan. Upon his arrival at the church, President Erdoğan, was welcomed by the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Sahak Maşalyan. Accompanied by First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, President Erdoğan headed to Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey. Following his meeting with Patriarch Maşalyan, President Erdoğan returned to the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Sahak Maşalyan. President Erdoğan, along with First Lady Emine Erdoğan, arrived at the gates of the Virgin Mary Church of the Armenian Patriarchate in Kumkapı, where a funeral ceremony was to be held for Markar Esayan, AK Party’s Member of Parliament from İstanbul, who had been receiving treatment in a hospital for a while. From there, President Erdoğan went to the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey, established under the ordinance of Mehmed the Conqueror in 1461, with the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Sahak...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Maltese, Spanish, and German Ambassadors. During the receptions at the Presidential Complex, Ambassador Theresa Cutajar of Malta, Ambassador Francisco Javier Hergueta Garnica of Spain, and Ambassador Jürgen Schulz of Germany presented their credentials to President Erdoğan.
Addressing citizens following the Presidential Cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan said: “All the global and regional balances are rapidly collapsing to leave their places to new ones. Turkey, with its strong political and economic structure, is the rising star of the new global and regional quests. Every intelligent and conscientious person accepts that our country, despite some difficulties it is having, is positively distinguishing itself amid crises.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference following the Presidential Cabinet meeting. “TURKEY WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS WITH ALL ITS POWER AND CAPABILITIES” Congratulating once again Mr....
The Presidential Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ended. The Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Complex lasted 3 hours 15 minutes.
In his video message to OIC’s consultation meeting, President Erdoğan said: “We will not allow imperialists to divide us as Shia-Sunni, white-black, Turkish, Kurdish, Arab or Persian. We will love and care for each other only for the sake of Allah and his acceptance and not for our identity, nationality or race. We will never allow daily political arguments to overshadow our understanding of the Ummah or harm the brotherhood amongst us.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the Consultation Meeting of the Ministers and Presidents of Religious Affairs and Grand Muftis of the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a post on former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic. President Erdoğan used the expression "Compassionately, respectfully, longingly..." in his message that he shared with the hashtag "Aliyaİzzetbegoviç." President Erdoğan also posted an image showing a photograph of Izetbegovic, along with the following caption: "Life is a game that no one can win except for the believers and those who do good deeds."
In a thread shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “Let us not repeat past mistakes. Acknowledge the agency of Turkish Cypriots and respect their national will. Let us work together for a fair and just solution in Cyprus.” Director of Communications Altun stated that, “The usual suspects hold Turkey responsible for yesterday’s presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It’s time to abandon that policy of denial.” In the thread shared from his Twitter account regarding the presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Director of...