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“Ara Güler Photography Exhibition,” organized by the Presidency, to be opened in New York at the same time as the UN General Assembly

Master’s views of Istanbul in the US! “Ara Güler Photography Exhibition,” organized by the Turkish Presidency and started to tour the world in April, is preparing to meet art lovers in its fourth stop in New York, following London, Paris and Kyoto. “Ara Güler Exhibition,” organized by the Presidency in collaboration with the Ara Güler Museum and the Archive and Research Center, brings the works of prominent photographer and photojournalist Ara Güler, who passed away last year, to the important art capitals of the world. Ara Güler Photography Exhibition, which was held in London...

Turkish president attends Teknofest in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended Teknofest, a technology and aerospace fair in Istanbul, on Saturday. “I see this place as a platform that shows what our young people can do, even with very limited opportunities in the field of technology,” Erdogan said. “This year, Teknofest has broken a record with nearly 17,400 and 2,000 finalists, 50,000 contestant applications and 10,000 finalists in all 81 provinces of Turkey and 122 countries,” he added. "In the process of technological transformation, we want to be the manufacturer of new technologies, not a market," Erdogan stressed. Erdogan also said the program of leading international researchers will continue in the following...

President Erdoğan to Visit the U.S.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to the U.S. on September 21-25, 2019 to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly to be held in New York. Prior to the high level meetings of the UN General Assembly, President Erdoğan will attend the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, which will be hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on September 23, 2019. On September 24, 2019, the first day of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, whose theme will be “Galvanizing Multilateral Efforts for Poverty Eradication, Quality Education, Climate Action and Inclusion”, President Erdo...

Turkish president to attend Teknofest

Turkey’s president said Friday he will be attending a technology and aerospace fair tomorrow in Istanbul, which he invited everyone to visit. “Tomorrow I will be at Teknofest, where the latest examples of national technology initiatives will be exhibited,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his official Twitter account. Erdogan underlined that the festival is an inspiration to young people who have dreams for Turkey’s future. Istanbul Ataturk Airport is hosting the six-day festival, co-organized by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation and the Industry and Technology Ministry. Anadolu Agency is the festival’s global communications partner. The festival will...

Directorate of Communications completes New York leg of its US program

Republic of Turkey’s Directorate of Communications organized a series of events in New York ahead of the visits planned in the US on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Under the Turkey Talks panel series, the panel titled "Turkey-US Relations: Strengthening Old Partnership and Searching New Areas" and other events were held in Washington, and the second leg of the program is currently being held in New York. As part of the New York program, members of the Turkish delegation first met with Bloomberg News representatives. This was followed by a meeting titled ...

President Erdoğan receives veterans

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk and a group of veterans at the Presidential Complex on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109674/president-erdogan-receives-veterans-

Directorate of Communications holds a panel at the US Congress

Within the framework of “Turkey Talks” panel series, the Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications held a panel entitled "Turkey-US Relations: Strengthening Old Partnership and Searching New Areas" at the US Congress. Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Senior Advisor to the President Prof. Gülnur Aybet, Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Board Prof. Mehmet Akif Kireçci and attorney Robert Amsterdam participated in the panel as speakers. Representatives of American politics, academia, think tanks, media and non-governmental organizations showed interest to the panel. The senior partner of the independent law firm Amsterdam &...

‘Turkey to initiate own plans if safe zone deal fails’

Turkey will initiate its own plans after two weeks if no results come from Turkey-U.S. safe zone deal, the Turkish president said on Wednesday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks came at a ceremony opening the 2019-2020 academic year for higher education at the Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center in the capital. Referring to an agreement between Turkey and the U.S. on the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria to enable displaced Syrians to return, Erdogan said: "Two or three million Syrian refugees in Turkey and Europe can be resettled in the safe zone east of Euphrates...