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Altun: “Manas University has become a center of attraction in the region”

Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun stated that they were very pleased to observe that Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University (KTMU) established by Turkey in 1995 in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, has turned into a center of attraction in the region. Altun, who is also Chairman of KTMU Board of Trustees, and Kyrgyzstan Minister of Science and Education Gülmira Kudayberdiyeva co-chaired KTMU Board of Trustees Meeting at the rectorate building of the university in Bishkek. In his statement after the meeting which lasted for approximately two hours, Altun noted that they held the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the...

Erdogan condemns attack on Turkish diplomats in Erbil

Turkish president on Wednesday condemned the armed attack on Turkish diplomats in Erbil, Iraq. “I condemn the henious attack on our diplomats in Erbil. I wish God's mercy upon our diplomat who was martyred in the attack,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter. “Turkey asked Iraqi and regional authorities to swiftly find perpetrators,” he added. Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop also said that Turkey would give the necessary response to the armed attack at a restaurant in Erbil that left a Turkish diplomat martyred. “The necessary response to this malicious attack will be shortly given,” Sentop said in a Twitter...

Communication campaign for July 15

According to the circular signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the task of coordinating commemoration events at home, particularly in Istanbul and Ankara, and abroad was assigned to Presidency’s Directorate of Communications on the occasion of July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day. Following the coordination meetings with ministries, public agencies, non-governmental organizations and universities, “July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Events Strategy Paper” was drafted in order to organize commemoration events and projects in compliance with the spirit of July 15. All the events were planned in a framework to explain the July 15 Coup attempt and Fethullahist Terrorist...

President Erdoğan inaugurates July 15 Memorial Museum

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the July 15 Memorial Museum, built at the Anatolian end of the July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge in Istanbul. Addressing citizens at the inauguration, President Erdoğan said July 15 was one of the most important milestones in Turkey’s history of democracy, and that the Turkish people achieved that night a great victory which will be remembered for generations. Wishing Allah’s mercy upon the martyrs of July 15, President Erdoğan, underscoring that conveying history to new generations in an accurate way is as important as making it, noted that history is not only the past of...

Turkish president marks 3rd anniversary of coup attempt

No network of traitors or terrorist organizations can disrupt the unity, solidarity and brotherhood in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday on the third anniversary of the July 15 failed coup attempt. Addressing the public at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Erdogan said Turkey would never be occupied by those who sold their souls to the devil. "On the night of July 15, they wanted to bury Turkey into darkness but failed, Allah ruined their traps," Erdogan said. "I salute every member of our heroic nation, who stood against planes, tanks, bullets to protect the independence of our nation and the future of...

July 15 choreography simultaneously performed in Istanbul and London

In London, the choreography was performed to symbolize the spirit of unity, solidarity and cooperation of the Turkish nation during the coup attempt of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) on July 15, 2016. The show, designed by Presidency’s Directorate of Communications for the commemoration of July 15, was held at Tower Hill at 16.00 pm local time. Simultaneously, 100 performers including 50 Turkish and 50 British took part in the choreography which was also held in Istanbul. The choreography included a story that symbolized the unity, solidarity and cooperation of the Turkish nation against terrorists who were FETO members and carried out the treacherous coup...

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications to organize anti-coup coding contest

The introductory meeting of the “July 15 International Anti-Coup Hackathon” to be organized under auspices of the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications in September was held in Istanbul.  President of the International Cyber Policing Organization (CyberPOL) Ricardo Baretzky attended the meeting, in which he recalled that the coups have occurred in most of the developing countries since the Second World War and caused these countries to fall behind in terms of economic and democracy. "Are we ready for a future military coup that will shake our stability?" asked Baretzky, adding that the world is suffering a hard period, a crisis...

Renovated Ankara police HQ opens on coup anniversary

Turkey's president on Monday attended the inauguration ceremony of the police headquarters building in the capital Ankara, previously destroyed by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) during the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. "As long as Turkey has its soldiers, police and intelligence, no one will attempt again to occupy the country," Erdogan said, adding that police had fought shoulder to shoulder with civilians against the coup plotters. He stressed that none would be able to bring Turkey to its knees as long as it had institutions to protect its democracy. On July 15, 2016, fighter jets flying low over Ankara bombed Turkey's...

President Erdoğan attends special session for July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day at GNAT

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended special session for July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). President Erdoğan was accompanied by Vice President Fuat Oktay at the special session. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/107071/president-erdogan-attends-special-session-for-july-15-democracy-and-national-unity-day-at-gnat