President Erdoğan, with regard to Egypt’s former President Morsi’s death, said, “We and all Muslims will remember the late Morsi for the honorable struggle he put up till his last breath. In our eyes, he is a martyr who lost his life while fighting for his cause. History will never forget those oppressors, who imprisoned him, threatened him with death sentence and caused his death,” during a speech in Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an event in Istanbul titled “Cihannüma and Old Friends’ Gathering with the Spirit of 94”. “I learned with...
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Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun offered his condolences over the demise of Egypt's first democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi in the court room. On his Twitter account, Prof. Altun made the following remarks: "Egypt’s first democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi, who was overthrown with a bloody coup in front of the whole world, passed away. May he rest in peace. I would like to express my condolences to the Egyptian people and the Islamic world. Mohammed Morsi will be remembered as a courageous man of the cause, politician for holding his head high against the persecution and for...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday offered his condolences to the family of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi after he died during a trial in Egypt. Speaking to the reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew democratically-elected Morsi, executing 50 other Egyptians and putting the democracy aside. "Unfortunately, the incident took place in the court room. I first of all I wish God's mercy for our martyred brother Morsi," Erdogan said. "The West has always been silent in the face of these executions by Sisi. The EU member states forbidding execution unfortunately accepted an invitation by...
On July 15, 2016, Turkey experienced one of the longest and toughest night and entered into a new day with an epic of liberation. Our heroic nation performed a dignified resistance and unprecedented courage against the treacherous coup attempt by the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), which took place before the eyes of the world, and showed the whole world how to cope with anti-democratic interventions. Those who lost their lives for their homeland are now noble heroes. The rest are going to tell this heroism from generation to generation, as they have conveyed dozens from our glorious history… In the third year...
Turkey on Monday remembered its ninth president Suleyman Demirel who passed away four years ago. “Suleyman Demirel, the ninth president of the Republic of Turkey, has made valuable contributions to our country’s development and improvement and had a special place in our people’s heart as a statesman and politician,” said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a message issued by his office. Demirel was ousted twice in military coups and survived an assassination attempt before dying of heart failure at the age of 91. He was one of Turkey's most prominent center-right political figures serving as prime minister seven times...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to Coast Guard Commander Rear Admiral Ahmet Kendir on the 37th anniversary of the Coast Guard Command’s foundation. In his message, President Erdoğan congratulated the foundation anniversary of the Coast Guard Command which successfully fulfils its duties to ensure security at seas, to protect national interests and to preserve environment and natural resources and commented as follows: “Coast Guard Command is the greatest assurance to ensure the security of coasts and territorial waters and to protect the national interests of our country surrounded by seas on three sides.” Erdoğan...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Turkey’s president on Sunday touted the benefits for Turkish exporters in their being exempt from taxes over foreign currency purchases. "Exporters will not pay exchange tax when buying foreign currency," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish Exporters Assembly in Istanbul. Turkey's exports rose to $171.4B this May, which is positive but still falls short, as in fact they should top $200B, he added. Erdogan stressed that Ankara is "very close" to moving Turkey from a country with a current account deficit to one with a surplus. On Friday the Central Bank said the current account posted a $1.3B...
This visit is actually an indication of the strategic importance we have attributed to Asia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told journalists accompanying him in a plane during his return from Tajikistan where he attended the 5th Summit of the Heads of State of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), adding that Turkey was working hard to develop good relations in all regions. President Erdoğan addressed world leaders during the summit and conducted separate bilateral meetings with various heads of states, including the presidents of Tajikistan, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, and Afghanistan. ...