Turkey is a leading country in its region in renewable energy use, the nation's president said Monday. "Currently, we are meeting more than 30% of the electricity through renewable energy," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said as he vowed to boost the current rate to 39% by 2023. Erdogan was speaking at a climate change summit at UN headquarters and said the problems the world faces requires solutions that need regional and international cooperation. Turkey is also minimizing disaster risk while building climate-sensitive and energy efficient cities, he said. The Turkish president said his country planted more than 4 billion trees and plans...
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President Erdoğan, in a speech at a dinner hosted by the TURKEN Foundation in the U.S., said: “We have made Turkey an education hub for the students from friendly and brotherly regions. We have 168 thousand guest students in Turkey studying either with the Türkiye Scholarships or by their own means. Our goal is to raise the number of guest students in Turkey to 350 thousand and thus to be among the top five countries hosting the largest number of guest students in the world.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in New York to attend the 74th...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in New York to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, received members of the Jewish Anti-Zionist League. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109724/president-erdogan-receives-members-of-jewish-anti-zionist-league
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday vowed to unveil the true face worldwide of Fetullah Terror Organization (FETO) -- the group behind 2016 defeated coup in Turkey. Erdogan was speaking at an event organized by Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) and Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in New York. The president said FETO has abused Turkish people for 40 years, touting service education, and financial favor and built a criminal network operating in 150 countries across the world. "The biggest feature of FETO is that it has no sacred value, [it...
Erdogan in New York meets US Muslim community leaders. Leaders of U.S. Muslim community in New York on Sunday applauded President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his active role that he plays in the Muslim world. “We need a centralized leadership,” said Siraj Wahhaj, an African-American imam of Al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York. Pointing to the leadership of Erdogan, Wahhaj said: “I have a feeling that the leadership is coming from Turkey." “We love you here in New York,” he added. Wahhaj's remarks came during the Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) meeting in New York, where Erdogan also...
Turkish Presidential Communications Director on Sunday said that Fetullah Gulen’s cult uses American taxpayers’ money and therefore his cult is not only Turkey’s problem but Americans' as well. “Dear Americans, you are very wrong if you believe Fetullah Gulen’s cult is only Turkey’s problem,” Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter also sharing a video about Fetullah Gulen and his organization Fetullah Terrorist Group (FETO). “Fetullah Gulen controls his evil and criminal network, FETO, that has tentacles across the globe,” the video says. The video reveals FETO charter school network in the U.S....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday discussed bilateral relations and regional issues with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. Erdogan and Trump spoke over phone, according to a statement by the Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications. Earlier on Sunday, Erdogan also hosted South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham at Peninsula Hotel. President Erdogan on Saturday arrived in New York to attend the 74th session of UN General Assembly. Earlier, Erdogan said he would address international peace and security issues at the UN General Assembly on the first day of the General Debate...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in New York to attend the 74th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. President Erdoğan was welcomed at JFK Airport by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Turkey’s Ambassador to Washington, DC Serdar Kılıç and other officials. Accompanying the President in the U.S. are First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan. ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went to the United States to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The President held a press conference at Atatürk Airport before leaving for the U.S. Noting that he will have bilateral talks with world leaders in addition to the UN Secretary-General, President Erdoğan said that the Turkey-Malaysia-Pakistan Trilateral Summit will also be held and that he will host with Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan a high-level side event on the theme of “Tackling Hate Speech” during his stay in the U.S. President Erdoğan underscored...