Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun sent a letter to the New York Times, CNN International and the BBC, criticizing the use of Turkey’s photographs concerning the coronavirus news from the US and Europe. Upon this warning, New York Times, CNN International and BBC took a step backward by removing the photographs in question. In his letter, Altun pointed out that since the outbreak began in Turkey, five COVID-19 cases have appeared and there is no loss of life. Stating that the Ministry of Health created awareness about the methods of protection before this virus reaches citizens, training medical staff...
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As part of the promotion of WeAreNATO Communication Campaign, the Turkish leg of which was launched with the coordination of the Directorate of Communications, the "68th Anniversary of Turkey's NATO Membership: Turkey, the Strong Member of the Strategic Alliance" panel was held in Adana. During the event attended by many figures from the academic and diplomatic circles, Turkey’s initiatives which take place within the top five countries making the highest contribution to NATO operations and NATO’s contributions to Turkey were discussed. Ahmet Berat Çonkar, the Deputy Head of the Turkish Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message on the occasion of March 14 Doctors’ Day. President Erdoğan indicated that works were underway to improve the personal rights, working conditions and environments of the health professionals, who worked day and night for the human health, happiness and peace and risked their lives in battlegrounds and disaster areas, to eliminate their security concerns while doing their jobs and to solve all their problems. Indicating that healthcare services would continue uninterruptedly through increasing the satisfaction of health professionals and enhancing the rights they had, President Erdoğan continued: ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the phone conversation, Erdoğan and Putin discussed developments regarding the points agreed under the Additional Protocol to the Memorandum on Stabilization of Situation in Idlib De-escalation Zone signed between Turkey and Russia on March 5.
“Common Challenges for Turkey and EU - Refugee Crisis 2.0" panel was organized in Brussels, the capital of Belgium by the Directorate of Communications. SETA Brussels Coordinator and Director of European Studies, Dr. Enes Bayraklı, Assistant Director of TOBB ETU Center for Social Policy Research Başak Yavçan, Secretary-General of the European Parliament Turkey Forum Laura Batalla Adam and Senior Analyst Alexandra Stiglmayer from the think-tank European Stability Initiative were the speakers at the panel, which was moderated by Brussels Representative of the Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM) Murat Koral. During his speech, SETA...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired a meeting held at the Presidential Complex to discuss the measures to be taken against the coronavirus (Covid-19). https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/117020/president-erdogan-chairs-meeting-on-coronavirus
Addressing AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan said: “We will take great care to provide the necessary services to our towns, districts and especially provinces while protecting our borders and conducting operations outside our borders. We will determinedly implement measures to resolve our people’s economic problems while continuing our political and diplomatic efforts in the international arena.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed AK Party’s provincial heads at party headquarters in Ankara. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/117013/-we-will-determinedly-implement-measures-to-resolve-economic-problems-while-continuing-our-diplomatic-efforts-in-the-international-arena-
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message on March 12 Day of the Adoption of Turkish National Anthem and Commemoration of Mehmet Akif Ersoy. Stating that the National Anthem that depicts the nation’s heroism, resoluteness, determination and faith in its struggle for independence and future has been the source of courage and motivation for the nation in the most difficult days and also one of its most precious common values, President Erdoğan pointed out that the National Anthem had been written in a period of the sacred nation’s fight against the occupation...
Indicating that their scientists and researchers were working nonstop in order to find a cure for this epidemic in addition to the exemplary precautions they have taken against the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19), Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “It is time for international community to get together to find a solution for this threat.” Altun noted in a thread he shared on his Twitter account that since the outbreak of coronavirus epidemic in December 2019 they had been working diligently in order to stop the spread of coronavirus in Turkey. Highlighting that they continued to take the most...