President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to CICA Chairman Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on June 14-15, 2019 to participate in the 5th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). During the summit to be held on the theme of "Shared Vision for a Secure and More Prosperous CICA Region”, conference activities on military-political, economic, humanitarian and environmental matters and on the topics of new challenges and threats will be discussed and future goals will be set. President Erdoğan will also hold bilateral talks with participating...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to Gendarmerie General Commander Gen. Arif Çetin on the 180th anniversary of the Gendarmerie General Command’s foundation on June 14. President Erdoğan’s message reads as follows: "I congratulate the foundation anniversary of the heroic Gendarmerie General Command that serves relentlessly and gives no respite to crimes and criminals on multiple fronts from counter-terrorism to public order, and from tackling irregular migration to traffic safety. As one of the most deeply-rooted institutions of our state, the Gendarmerie General Command fulfills its civilian, judicial and security duties with the utmost sense of...
President Erdogan and an opposition party leader met on Thursday in Ankara, the nation's capital. The closed-door meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli at the presidential complex lasted around 40 minutes. Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the MHP have worked in alliance in recent elections, and also have an alliance in Turkey’s parliament. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-president-opposition-mhp-leader-meet-in-ankara/1503103
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: "I commemorate Master Cemil Meriç, who invigorated our world of science and culture with his invaluable works, on the 32nd anniversary of his passing with sympathy, respect and mercy.” Altun shared a post on his Twitter account, saying "I commemorate Master Cemil Meriç, who dedicated his life to Turkish science, worried about and cried out the problems of this country, and invigorated our world of science and culture with his invaluable works, on the 32nd anniversary of his passing with sympathy, respect and mercy. May God bless his soul and may...
Turkey will teach terrorists a lesson sooner or later, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said Wednesday. “Although the heinous attacks of the PKK terrorist organization which martyred two Turkish road construction workers in Hakkari and two hero soldiers in Tunceli hurt us, the terrorists will learn their lessons sooner or later,” Altun said on Twitter. Altun said Turkey neutralized the perpetrators of the February 2016 Ankara bombings and had recently arrested one of the suspects of the December 2016 terrorist attack outside a football stadium in Istanbul. The deadly Ankara blast occurred during the evening rush hour on Merasim Street, which connects...
Turkey has already bought the Russian S-400 missile defense systems, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, stressing that it is a done deal. “I'm not saying Turkey will buy S-400 defense systems, it has already bought them; we’ve closed the deal,” Erdogan told his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party’s group meeting in the capital Ankara. He noted that Ankara and Moscow had signed the deal with a pledge for a reasonable price and future joint production. “This [S-400] system will be delivered to our country next month,” Erdogan added. Touching on Turkey’s procurement of F-35...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun congratulated the Turkish Red Crescent on the anniversary of its founding. Altun shared a post on his Twitter account, saying: “Happy foundation anniversary for Turkish Red Crescent, which has been shining all over the world for 151 years. May it always have employees, volunteers, and supporters who lend their hands. Long live our self-sacrificing people, who under no circumstances give up on kindness and share their food and blood without exception.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday congratulated the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) on the 151st anniversary of its founding. In a message to the organization's head Kerem Kinik, Erdogan said the Turkish Red Crescent was "one of the world's most respectable institutions in its field." Highlighting its importance, Erdogan said the Red Crescent was a symbol of Turkish solidarity, social cooperation, mercy and compassion and a source of hope for all victims and innocent people. Kizilay is the largest humanitarian organization in Turkey, with an international network over which it provides relief to other nations in need. It provides unconditional...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun stated that the attacks against the mosques in Bremen and Kassel, Germany, are an indication of the growing hostility towards Islam in the world and said: “If the struggle against Islamophobia is not carried out at global level, the world peace will continue to face great threats.” On his Twitter account, Prof. Altun shared a post regarding the attacks against the two mosques in Germany at the weekend. Prof. Altun made the following statement: “The attacks against the mosques in Bremen and Kassel, Germany, are an indication of the growing hostility towards...