The Presidency's Head of Communications, Burhanettin Duran, penned an article for AA Analiz on the Strategic Communication (STRATCOM) Summit, which will be held for the fifth time this year. In his assessment, Head of Communications Duran noted: "The international system today is undergoing not only a phase of temporary turbulence, but also a profound and structural transformation Successive regional conflicts, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the inadequacy of global governance mechanisms clearly demonstrate that the existing order is no longer sustainable. At the core of these crises and uncertainties lie the shortcomings of the dominant paradigm, institutions, mechanisms, and norms of...
Türkiye in International Media
Britain and Türkiye on Wednesday signed a multi-billion-pound agreement for a major new training and support contract as part of its 8 -billion-pound ($10.73 billion) Typhoon fighter jet deal the two countries concluded last year. The new contract covers UK-based training for Turkish pilots and ground crew as Türkiye moves towards operating its first batch of British-built jets, Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement. Defence firms including BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA, Rolls-Royce and Martin-Baker will supply components and training equipment. Defence Secretary John Healey and Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler signed the agreement in London,...
Turkish President Receip Tayyip Erdoğan says Türkiye will continue working with all its resources to establish peace in the Iran war, which he says has hit the Turkish economy and the whole world. Erdoğan says the government is considering various measures to protect the economy from the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has engulfed the region and sent energy prices soaring.
The Presidency of Türkiye has denied claims of a food crisis in the country due to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement issued by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications Centre for Countering Disinformation, it was declared, “The claim that ‘due to developments in the Strait of Hormuz, a fertiliser crisis is occurring in Türkiye, putting food supply at risk', as reported by some media outlets, is disinformation.” Statements from our Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have made it clear that there is no problem with fertiliser supply in Türkiye, that production processes...
World leaders, diplomats, and experts will gather in İstanbul later this month for the STRATCOM Summit, an important international forum organised by the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye. The summit will take place on 27-28 March, at a time when geopolitical tensions are escalating, and global crises are rapidly evolving. The STRATCOM Summit, to be held over two days, aims to bring together heads of state, ministers, policymakers, and scholars to explore the future of the international order, strategic communication, and the management of rising global concerns. The summit will begin with...
The President of Türkiye stated last night that Israel is run by a structure that views itself as superior to others, warning that this policy is gradually dragging the Middle East toward grave instability and disaster. At an iftar dinner at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Erdoğan addressed the propagation of conflicts in the region and stressed that there are underlying political reasons behind the latest military actions. He remarked that the attacks targeting the Gaza Strip initially, followed by Yemen and Lebanon, and most recently Iran, cannot be explained solely by security concerns.
Day 1,483 of the War in Ukraine During a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Türkiye’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, stated that Türkiye is prepared to host a new round of negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in London, the United Kingdom, for an official visit. A source from the Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that during a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, Türkiye’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, stated that Türkiye is prepared to host a...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye stated that the great resistance demonstrated by their ancestors during the Battle of Çanakkale (Gallipoli) not only altered the fate of Türkiye but also that of oppressed nations across the world. The statement formed part of a message issued by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan marking the 18 March Martyrs' Day and the 111th anniversary of the Çanakkale Naval Victory. President Erdoğan added that they commemorated the anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory with immense pride and profound emotion, one of the most glorious epics in the nation’s history. Describing Çanakkale as...
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye, together with the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), has announced that tourism activities across the country are proceeding entirely as normal. Amid widespread media coverage of the conflict in parts of the broader Middle East, officials emphasised that Türkiye is not a party to this conflict. Tourist destinations across the country continue to welcome visitors without any restrictions. Leading destinations, including İstanbul, Antalya, Bodrum, İzmir, and Cappadocia, continue to host tourists from Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific...