Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun made the following remarks: "Our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Russian President Putin for the third time this year. Our bilateral relations and cooperation on regional issues gradually improves in every field from economy to security thanks to interoperability initiative and good will." Altun shared a post on his Twitter account regarding President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Russia. Indicating that President Erdoğan would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time this year, Altun tweeted: “Our bilateral relations and cooperation on regional issues gradually improve...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go to Russia on April 8 to take part in the Eighth Meeting of the High-Level Turkish-Russian Cooperation Council. Related ministers and officials will also attend the Eighth Meeting of the High-Level Turkish-Russian Cooperation Council to be held under the chairmanship of President Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the meeting during which Turkish-Russian bilateral relations will be taken up in all their dimensions and in a comprehensive way, views will be exchanged regarding the regional and international issues, including especially Syria. On this occasion, various agreements are expected to be signed. Within the...
Answering reporters’ questions following the Friday prayer he performed at Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said the local elections are over but the legal process is going on, and that the Supreme Election Council will make the final decision for the elections, adding: “Turkey has given the whole world a democracy lesson with the high turnout in the elections, which reached 82-83 per cent.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions on the way out of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul where he performed the Friday prayer. “The elections are over but the...
The new edition of "Turkey Today" panels organized by the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications was held on April 4 in the Russian Federation. The Kremlin's Directorate of Communications also followed the panel. The new series of “Turkey Today" panels launched by the Directorate of Communications last September in the major capitals throughout the world were held at Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow on April 4. Valdai Program Director Dr. Ivan Timofeev moderated the panel entitled "Turkey-Russia Relations During the Syria Process”. Strategic Research Director at Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) Assoc. Prof. Hasan Basri Yalçın;...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Hafıza 15 Temmuz (Memory July 15) Museum in Istanbul. During the visit, President Erdoğan was briefed on the ongoing construction works of the museum, located near the Martyrs’ Memorial at the Anatolian end of the July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/103817/president-erdogan-visits-memory-july-15-museum-in-istanbul
Presidency’s Communications Director, Prof. Fahrettin Altun gave a response to remarks by U.S. State Department Spokesman regarding the local elections. “We urge all parties, including foreign governments, to respect the legal process and refrain from taking any steps that may be construed as meddling in Turkey’s internal affairs,” Prof. Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter in response to remarks by U.S. State Department Spokesman Robert Palladino. Prof. Altun shared the following tweets in English: “Sunday’s elections took place in an orderly and peaceful fashion. Elections are the cornerstone of our nation’s democracy. The Turkish people...
Leaders across the world on Monday congratulated President Erdogan for his party’s win in local elections. The leaders called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after unofficial results showed the Justice and Development (AK) Party won nearly 45 percent of the vote in Sunday’s local elections, according to Turkish presidential sources. Leaders congratulating Erdogan include Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman Milorad Dodik, former Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, Guinean President Alpha Conde, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Additionally, Pakistani Prime...
The Turkish nation has made the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party winner of 15 consecutive elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early Monday. Erdogan said 56 percent of municipalities in Turkey will be run by AK Party, in an address to the nation from the balcony of his party headquarters in capital Ankara after Sunday's local election victory. "I would like to thank all my citizens, especially our Kurdish brothers, for showing sensitivity toward the issue of survival," he said. Turkey's ruling party is leading the race with 16 metropolitan municipalities and 24 cities claimed by AK Party candidates, according to unofficial results. ...
Holding a press conference on the March 31 local elections, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey has completed the March 31 elections with democratic maturity. Our people have manifested their will in the polls with a high turnout.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference on the March 31 local elections in Istanbul. “Turkey has completed the March 31 elections with democratic maturity. Our people have manifested their will in the polls with a high turnout,” President Erdoğan said, voicing his hope that the elections will yield auspicious results for our country, for our nation,...