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Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Altun: ‘Turkey will continue to serve the cause of justice for Khashoggi’

Presidency's Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: "Republic of Turkey will continue to serve the cause of justice until Khashoggi’s body is found, the local collaborators are identified, and those who ordered the hit are revealed." Presidency's Communications Director Altun made a statement to Reuters News Agency on recent developments concerning the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.  Indicating that the objection of Bandar Bin Mohammed Al Aiban, the head of the Saudi human rights committee, to an international investigation into the Jamal Khashoggi murder was concerning, Altun told:  “We find it difficult to understand why an official working...

President Erdoğan inaugurates Ankara Bilkent City Hospital

Speaking at the opening ceremony of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, President Erdoğan said: “We have built a healthcare system in which each and every citizen of ours, regardless of their income or status as well as of their residential area, can get the best medical service. We have completely modernized our hospitals, including the buildings and the equipment.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the opening ceremony of Ankara Bilkent City Hospital. “We launched a transformation programme in the area of healthcare” Underlining that they launched a transformation programme in the area of healthcare when they came to power,...

“Turkey has been the voice of benevolence during a period in which unjustness and double standards loom over the world like a nightmare”

Speaking at the 5th International Benevolence Awards Ceremony, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey has been the voice of mercy, compassion and benevolence during a period in which unjustness and double standards loom over the world like a nightmare. We not only have opened our doors to, but also have embraced our 3.6 million Syrian brothers and sisters who fled the conflict in their country. We have never questioned anyone’s ethnic origin, religion, culture, disposition or sect, who came to our borders.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the Türkiye Diyanet Foundation’s 5th International Benevolence Awards...

Message of Condolence by Presidency’s Communications Director Altun

Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun issued a message of condolence on the occasion of the death of Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Committee member and former EU Minister Prof. Beril Dedeoğlu. The message shared by Prof. Fahrettin Altun on his social media account read the following: "I feel deep sorrow over the passing away of Prof. Beril Dedeoğlu, a valuable person and esteemed Professor. She was a hard working and productive academician as well as a brilliant mind and a dear friend. I wish God’s mercy upon her, and extend my condolences to her family,...

“We will continue to provide Gölbaşı with much bigger projects in the period ahead”

Speaking at an opening ceremony in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara, President Erdoğan, recalling that the Space Systems Assembly, Integration and Test Center, which he underlined is one of Turkey’s most important defense industry centers, was built in Gölbaşı, noted: “We will continue to provide Gölbaşı, which we foresee will be one of the most popular districts of Ankara, with much bigger projects in the period ahead. That is why March 31 is so important.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a mass opening ceremony in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara. Recalling...

Presidential Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun’s Response to Netenyahu

Presidential Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements towards the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with Albert Einstein's famous words “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statements about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Altun responded from his Twitter account. Fahrettin Altun shared the footage of President Erdoğan's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 29, 2009 aimed at Shimon Peres, the Israeli President of the time. Altun, who mentioned Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Erdoğan: “We will continue to fight for the rights of the Palestinian people and Al-Quds till our last breath”

Speaking at an opening ceremony in the Pursaklar district of Ankara, President Erdoğan noted that Israel dared to violate the al-Aqsa Mosque, the honorable cause of Muslims, with its boots, and said: “We will continue to fight till our last breath for the rights of the Palestinian people, and for Al-Quds to be governed in a way that befits its importance for the Islamic world.” resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a mass opening ceremony in the Pursaklar district of Ankara. “We will not allow the al-Aqsa Mosque and Qubbat as-Sakhrah to be violated” “Israel dared...

“We love the Turkish people and we have shown our love through our actions and work”

Addressing a gathering of the people of Sivas in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: “When a man loves his country and his city, he serves there. We say we love Istanbul, we love Sivas. We say we love Turkey and the Turkish people. We have been striving to show our love for the last 17 years through our actions, our work, through our achievements in our country and city.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed a gathering of the people of Sivas at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall in Istanbul. “We have invested TL28 billion in Sivas in 17 years” “When a man...

“We will continue to serve Istanbulites with our new projects”

President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at Justice and Development (AK) Party’s district rallies in Küçükçekmece, Avcılar, Beylikdüzü and Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, respectively. “Turkey is a country that implements projects on a global scale” Addressing citizens in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul, President Erdoğan, pointing to the newly-inaugurated Gebze-Halkalı suburban railway line, said the trains on this line will travel under the Istanbul Bosphorus through the Marmaray Tunnel, and that thanks to the railway lines built by Turkey’s investments, a train that departs from...