Speaking at an event marking 2019 as the Year of Prof. Fuat Sezgin, President Erdoğan drew attention to the ancient and remarkably rich civilization of Islam, and said: “The knowledge the Islamic scholars have contributed to the world in a wide range of areas from medicine, astronomy and mathematics to chemistry, physics and politics still continues to enlighten the path of humanity even today.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech during an event at Beştepe People’s Culture and Convention Center in Ankara, marking 2019 as the Year of Prof. Fuat Sezgin. Noting that no effort is...
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Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Altun, shared a message on twitter to commemorate the second year of the passing of the late journalist-writer Akif Emre. Altun shared the following in his message: “I commemorate the late Akif Emre in the second year of his passing. He was a valuable intellectual. He was a self-confident Muslim. He was a beautiful person. A good man. May he rest in peace.”
Speaking at an iftar with educators, President Erdoğan said: “Education is the main pillar on which we build our future. Societies, which neglect education, cannot build a bright and prosperous future for themselves.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an iftar with educators at the exhibition hall in the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105468/-education-is-the-main-pillar-on-which-we-build-our-future-
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun met with the Presidential correspondents at an iftar in Ankara. Altun listened to the ideas and requests of the correspondents of the Presidency with whom he conversed during the iftar program at the Presidential Complex. During the program, press cards renewed by Presidency’s Directorate of Communications were also distributed to the Presidential correspondents for the first time. Fahrettin Altun himself handed the new press cards to some reporters. Altun said, "We met with the Presidential correspondents, whose devoted works I have closely witnessed, at an iftar dinner. We talked about both...
Turkey's President Erdogan congratulates 'friend and brother Azerbaijan' on its May 28 Republic Day President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday congratulated Azerbaijan on its 101st Republic Day, according to Azerbaijani presidential sources. "I express once again my wishes for peace and prosperity to you and health and happiness to friendly and brotherly Azerbaijani people," Erdogan said in a message to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev. He went on to say that close cooperation between the two countries will significantly contribute to peace, prosperity and stability beyond the region. "I would like to emphasize once again that we are determined to further...
The so-called advocates of justice failed to get justice for Rohingya, Libya, Palestine and Jerusalem, and they “deceive humanity”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Addressing prosecutors and other members of the judicial system in capital Ankara at a ceremony, Erdogan said the world is bigger than the five countries, referring to five permanent UN Security Council members which exercise veto powers. "The world is bigger than five" is a famous slogan repeatedly used by Erdogan to criticize the permanent UN Security Council members -- China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. The Turkish president has...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Speaker of the Senate of Canada, George J. Furey, at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105461/president-erdogan-receives-speaker-furey-of-the-senate-of-canada
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yavuz Selim Kıran, Rector of Altınbaş University and Presidency’s Security and Foreign Policy Council Member Prof. Çağrı Erhan and CNN Turk’s General Manager Bora Bayraktar were among the speakers of the panel entitled “Turkey-US Relations: Same Origin, New Vision” organized by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications at the US Congress. The panel was moderated by Brenda Shaffer, Director of the Centre for Eurasian, Russian and Eastern Europe Studies, Georgetown University. Steve Chabot, a republican member of the House of Representatives, also attended the event and delivered a short speech...
Organized by the Turkish Presidency, the exhibition containing the works of Ara Güler, a photographer and photojournalist who died last year, will meet with art lovers in Paris, the capital of France. Following the first exhibition in London in April, the Ara Güler Exhibition will welcome its visitors at the Paris Polka Gallery from May 23. The exhibition organized by the Turkish Presidency with the collaboration of the Ara Güler Museum and Archive Research Centre carries various works by photography artist and photojournalist Güler to the important art capitals of the world. The exhibition, which constitutes...