Turkey's president and his Russian counterpart discussed bilateral relations and regional developments over the phone late Tuesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin tackled Turkey’s counter-terror operation in northern Syria and its contribution to protecting Syria’s territorial integrity and political resolution process. Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring on Oct. 9 to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity. Ankara wants to clear northern Syria east of the Euphrates River of the terrorist PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Turkey-EU Joint Consultative Committee’s members, who voiced support to Operation Peace Spring, at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111119/president-erdogan-receives-members-of-turkey-eu-joint-consultative-committee
In his statement to AFP News Agency, Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: "Turkey will continue to combat all terrorist groups, including Daesh, whether or not the world agrees to support our efforts." His statement is as follows: “Turkey and the United States have been NATO allies for 67 years. Our troops fought, bled and died together in Korea, Afghanistan and other parts of the world. Most recently, our two nations joined forces as part of the global coalition against Daesh. Turkey and the United States agree on the need to combat and prevent the resurgence of Daesh. The Obama...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Baku for the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, met with President Sooronbay Jeenbekov of Kyrgyzstan. Also present at the meeting were Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111111/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-jeenbekov-of-kyrgyzstan
In a joint declaration, Turkic countries on Tuesday voiced strong support for Turkey’s ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria. “[The leaders] express their hope and belief that Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring will contribute to fighting terrorism, ensuring territorial integrity of Syria, liberating local Syrians from the oppression of terrorists and creating conditions for the safe and voluntary return of displaced Syrians to their homeland,” the 7th summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) said in the declaration. Turkey on Oct. 9 launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure...
Speaking at the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, President Erdoğan said: “The gravest threat against peace, serenity and stability in our region stems from terrorist organizations. The presence of such evil networks as PKK/YPG, DAESH and FETO has rendered it more important that we cooperate in the area of security. What we have experienced in Syria over the past eight years has shown that it is impossible to eliminate a terrorist organization by means of another one. Our country took a crucial step on October 9 to eliminate the PKK/YPG terrorist organization.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Baku for the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, met with the Founding President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111102/president-erdogan-meets-with-kazakhstan-s-founding-president-nazarbayev
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Baku for the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, met with President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111094/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-mirziyoyev-of-uzbekistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday the failure of the international community to help Turkey with millions of refugees prompted the peace operation in northeastern Syria. In an article he penned for The Wall Street Journal, Erdoğan said no country has felt the pain of the ensuing humanitarian crisis more severely than Turkey since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. He said Ankara reached its limits, adding the world ignored Turkey's repeated warnings of its inability to tackle the problem of caring for more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees without international support. "My administration concluded that the international...