Syrian refugees make valuable contributions to communities across Turkey, said the country's presidential communications director late Saturday. Posting a video featuring six Syrian refugees who managed to rebuild their lives in Turkey, Fahrettin Altun said the refugees have made a difference in Turkey. Turkey hosts nearly 4 million refugees from Syria -- more than any other country in the world -- the video said. The video features refugees who opened businesses in Turkey such as a cellphone shop and a women-only coffeehouse and thereby contribute to the Turkish economy. “The Directorate of Communications celebrates six individuals who rebuilt...
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Turkey's president said on Saturday that all mayors "misusing municipal facilities" would face the same consequences as three who were recently suspended for allegedly aiding the PKK terrorist group. Speaking at an opening ceremony in the northern Black Sea province of Rize, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey would not allow "a single cent" of the government to go to for terrorist organizations. Erdogan added that Ankara would continue to monitor this issue and act if needed. Earlier this week, the mayors of the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van were suspended. They are facing terrorism charges. The mayors --...
Addressing citizens in Artvin’s Yusufeli district, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey is active in the East Mediterranean with two drillships and two seismic vessels, and said: “The West hurls threats at us. We don’t heed threats. We are defending and will continue to defend Turkey’s rights in the East Mediterranean to the end.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens in the Yusufeli district of Artvin. After his address to the citizens, President Erdoğan inspected by helicopter the ongoing construction works of the Yusufeli Dam. Answering reporters’ questions following the inspection, President Erdoğan described...
Turkey has shown the door to three mayors who served terrorists rather than the people, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “If they put the families of our martyrs in front of the municipality, and serve terrorists rather than people, we will also show them the door,” Erdogan said in an event in the capital Ankara. Earlier this week, mayors of the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van were suspended. They are facing terrorism charges. The mayors -- Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli, Ahmet Turk, and Bedia Ozgokce Ertan -- are from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a party Turkey's...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended in Ankara a ceremony marking the 18th foundation anniversary of AK Party. Delivering a speech during the ceremony, President Erdoğan, referring to Turkey’s ongoing drilling activities in the East Mediterranean, said the works are carried out by three drilling ships, and added: “We know our rights. Just as we will protect to the end the rights of our kinsmen in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, we will protect our own rights to the end as well. What falls to us is to fulfill this...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day-visit to Russia on Tuesday. Earlier on Friday, Erdogan discussed the latest developments in war-weary Syria and Libya over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In a phone call, Erdogan stressed that Assad regime's violations and attacks in Idlib, northwestern Syria, is causing a "major humanitarian crisis". Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited. The Syrian regime and its allies, however, have consistently broken the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the zone. The...
Assad regime's ceasefire violations in Idlib, northwestern Syria, is causing a “major humanitarian crisis,” Turkish president told his Russian counterpart over phone. According to a statement by Turkish presidency’s communication office on Friday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin discussed the latest developments in war-weary Syria and Libya. During the phone conversation, Erdogan said the regime’s attacks in Idlib -- an area where a cease-fire is supposed to be in effect -- damage efforts to find a solution to Syria crisis and pose a serious threat to Turkey’s national security. Turkey and Russia agreed last September to...
Turkey will “resolutely” continue to explore hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Erdogan's remarks came at a press conferences in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, following his meeting with Ersin Tatar, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Erdogan pinned the blame on the irreconcilable attitudes of the Greek Cypriot side for the lingering Cyprus dispute. Turkey’s president also warned: "No project ignoring Turkey or Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can be realized in Eastern Mediterranean." Tatar is in Turkey for his first official visit to the country upon the...
Turkey's president on Thursday welcomed new envoys to the capital Ankara from Indonesia, Philippines, Iraq, and Mali. Indonesian Ambassador Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, Philippine Ambassador Raul S. Hernandez, Iraqi Ambassador Hassan Al-Janabi and Mali Ambassador Mohamed Ali Ibrahim presented their letters of credentials to Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex. Photos were taken after the letters were presented. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/new-envoys-present-credentials-to-turkish-president/1562493