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President Erdoğan congratulates Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a congratulatory letter to Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide. President Erdoğan congratulated Suga Yoshihide, the newly elected prime minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and sent his best wishes on his new post. Reiterating that the foundation of the historic friendly ties between Turkey and Japan was laid 130 years ago today on September 16, 1890, with the Ertuğrul frigate incident in Kushimoto, Erdoğan said, “The fact that you were elected for this important task on such a meaningful date has been extraordinarily coherent with our history...

President Erdoğan holds phone conversation with Azerbaijani President Aliyev

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. During the conversation, President Erdoğan congratulated the Azerbaijani President Aliyev and the Azerbaijani people on the 102nd anniversary of the liberation of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from the Armenian and Bolshevik occupation. Stating that the Islamic Army of the Caucasus, under the command of Nuri Pasha, who came to the aid of brother Azerbaijan from Anatolia 102 years ago, had achieved a historic victory shoulder to shoulder with the National Army of Azerbaijan, Erdoğan commemorated all the martyrs and heroes of the glorious fight...

President Erdoğan: “The Sakarya Victory is a sign that the fate of those who still cannot tolerate our existence and pursue whims will be disappointed again.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “The Sakarya Victory is a sign that the fate of those who still cannot tolerate our existence and pursue whims will be disappointed again”. In the message issued on the anniversary of the September 13 Sakarya Victory, Erdoğan emphasized that the Sakarya Pitched Battle, one of the most important battles in Turkish history, was an important stage in the glorious struggle of the nation against the invaders to protect their homeland and independence. Erdoğan underlined that the Victory of the Sakarya Pitched Battle increased the power and hope of the nation in the...

President Erdoğan receives Speaker Gafarova of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Speaker Sahiba Gafarova of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Mustafa Şentop was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/122094/president-erdogan-receives-speaker-gafarova-of-the-milli-majlis-of-azerbaijan

“With the reforms we have implemented, we have eliminated all the traces of tutelage over our democracy”

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of TOBB ETÜ’s Faculty of Law, President Erdoğan said: “We have been working in every area to consolidate Turkey’s struggle to defend its independence and future. With the reforms we have implemented, first and foremost the Presidential System of Government, we have eliminated all the traces of tutelage over our democracy, put an end to prohibitions, expanded the areas of freedoms, and reinforced security and justice.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the graduation ceremony of TOBB ETÜ’s Faculty of Law. Pointing out that the graduation ceremony is...

“We build our plans for the future on our allegiance to the superiority of the national will”

Addressing a symposium titled “National Will from Tutelage to Democracy”, President Erdoğan said: “National will and democracy will never again come side by side with coup and tutelage in this country. We will resolutely defend the gains of our country and nation. We build all our plans, actions and calculations for the future on our allegiance to the superiority of the national will.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the “National Will from Tutelage to Democracy” symposium. “WE WILL RESOLUTELY DEFEND THE GAINS OF OUR NATION” “With its parliament, presidency, judiciary, ministries, institutions and particularly with...

Altun: “The strong will of our nation is capable of teaching the necessary lesson to the coups, coup plotters, their foreign advocates, and their collaborators in the political sphere.”

Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “The strong will of our nation is capable of teaching the necessary lesson to the coups, coup plotters, their foreign advocates and their collaborators in the political sphere. Our august nation has both the say and the decision.” In a post on his Twitter account, Altun remarked on the 40th anniversary of the September 12, 1980 coup. Expressing that the September 12 bloody coup of 40 years ago etched in memories was an important event that embodied many pains and difficulties in the nation’s struggle for independence and democracy, Altun said, “Understanding today requires an understanding of...