Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun offered his condolences to the family of İhsan Öztoklu, who was elected the Mayor of Doğanhisar as MHP’s candidate from Nation’s Alliance and lost his life after being stabbed in Konya, and to MHP community. Altun shared a post on his Twitter account for Öztoklu, who lost his life at the hospital he was taken after being stabbed in Başköy Neighborhood of Doğanhisar District, Konya. Fahrettin Altun posted the following: “I am deeply sorrowed over the death of İhsan Öztoklu, who was elected the Mayor of...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the Hacı Osman Torun Mosque in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105499/president-erdogan-inaugurates-haci-osman-torun-mosque-
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun expressed condolences for Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondent Abdulkadir Nişancı, who went missing after falling off a cliff and whose body was found today, and for the soldiers who were martyred during the lookout for Nişancı. Altun shared a post on his Twitter account about Abdulkadir Nişancı, the AA correspondent who fell off a cliff and went missing during a news follow-up on the road building works at Mt. Soğanlı between Bayburt and Trabzon, and whose body was found 13 days later. Stating that there has been a hopeful search...
Organized by the Turkish Presidency, the exhibition containing the works of Ara Güler, a photographer and photo journalist who died last year, met with art lovers in Paris, the capital of France. The exhibition inaugurated at the Paris's famous art gallery Polka Gallery was attended by Turkey's Ambassador to Paris Ismail Hakkı Musa, Chief Advisor to the President Fecir Alptekin, diplomatic representatives and, many Turkish and French guests. The exhibition which constitutes mainly of Ara Güler's Istanbul photographs, also includes scenes of Anatolia and a selection of historical portraits from Jean Renoir to Nazım Hikmet, from Aş...
Presidency’s Directorate of Communications organized a panel titled “Turkish-American Relations: Same Origin, New Vision” at Harvard Club in New York. Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran, Altinbas University Rector and Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Committee Prof. Çağrı Erhan and CNN Turk General Manager Bora Bayraktar attended the panel as speakers. The panel was moderated by Cameron Munter, the President of the EastWest Institute. Kıran described Turkey-US relations as multilateral rather than bilateral. Recalling the alliance between the two countries on Kosovo, Korea, and Afghanistan in the past, Kıran said: “History has...
Speaking at an iftar with healthcare workers, President Erdoğan said: “We work to turn our country into a regional center of attraction in health tourism. We have reached 550 thousand foreign patients annually. And this figure keeps rising with every passing day.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an iftar with healthcare workers at the exhibition hall in the Presidential Complex. “WE CANNOT EXPECT OTHERS TO BE MERCIFUL BEFORE WE LOOK INTO AND QUESTION OURSELVES” “When we look across the geography close to our heart, we see that the Islamic world longs for peace, tranquility and serenity,”...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Altun, shared a video on the new military system from his Twitter account. In his message Presidency’s Director of Communications Altun stated the following: “With the new military system, equality in duration of military service will be ensured. The trained human resource will be used effectively and efficiently. Those who are successful in compulsory military service will be able to be employed in Turkish Armed Forces. Paid military service will be permanent. Most importantly, TAF will be professionalized.” Video containing footage of Turkish soldiers starts with the question “What is the...
Speaking at the 12th meeting of the Work Council, President Erdoğan said: “The fact that we have elevated our exports from $36 billion to almost $170 billion shows how much power our production has gained. With our national technology initiative, we have moved our country forward in all areas, from the defense industry to software.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the 12th meeting of the Work Council, held by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Affairs in Ankara. “THE TECHNOLOGY THREATENS TRADITIONAL FORMS OF PRODUCTION” President Erdoğan highlighted that in a world where elements such...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, at ATO Congresium in Ankara. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105478/president-erdogan-receives-ilo-director-general-ryder