President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the Special Awards Ceremony marking the 140th Anniversary of the establishment of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC). Noting that the ICOC, which is one of the biggest and oldest chambers of commerce in the world with its members numbering over 640 thousand, operates in line with a mission dedicated to Türkiye’s future, President Erdoğan highlighted that the ICOC’s history mirrors the country’s historical experience in a sense. Drawing attention to the efforts that have been exerted in cooperation with the ICOC in order to protect the...
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Speaking at an opening ceremony in Sakarya, President Erdoğan said: “We have been working day and night for the past two decades to further develop and ameliorate this veteran city of ours in every area.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at a ceremony held in Sakarya for the opening of Sakarya Emergency Hospital and other newly-built projects. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/139825/-we-have-been-working-day-and-night-to-further-develop-sakarya-
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inspected Türkiye's largest warship TCG Anadolu from a helicopter. The post shared on the Digital Media Twitter account included a photo of President Erdoğan's aerial inspection of the TCG Anadolu ship during his helicopter journey to attend the programmes in Sakarya. In the post shared on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan stated, "One of the most significant signs of a fully independent Türkiye in the defence industry, our domestic and national aircraft carrier TCG Anadolu..."
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district. The President answered reporters’ questions following the prayer. In answer to a question about the grain export deal and the exchange of war prisoners between Russia and Ukraine conducted with Türkiye’s mediation, President Erdoğan said that over 4 million tons of grains have been delivered thus far through the grain corridor established as part of the deal. As regards the exchange of war prisoners mediated by Türkiye between Russia and Ukraine, President Erdoğan noted that Ankara meticulously maintains...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated the Muslim Turks and Albanians who lost their lives in the Tripolitsa Massacre in a post he shared on his social media account. In a post he shared on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan said, “We have not forgotten and will never forget the Tripolitsa Massacre, which took place on September 23, 1821, when thousands of Muslim Turks, our Albanian brothers, and Jews were mercilessly and brutally murdered.”
“Türkiye”, a multilingual book prepared by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, was launched in New York, United States, during the opening week of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The nearly encyclopaedic book adorned with stunning visuals of Türkiye, which was displayed throughout the week at a promotion stand at the entrance of the New York Türkevi Centre, was presented as a gift to distinguished guests, especially international politicians and diplomats who were invited to the programmes and events. The Türkiye book, prepared by the Directorate of Communications Publishing along with a 12-volume set, covers the...
The prisoner exchange mediated by Türkiye between Russia and Ukraine received extensive coverage in the European media. The British newspaper The Independent reported the prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine with the headline "Britons return home after prisoner swap with Russia." According to the report, the prisoner exchange occurred one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation and his intention to annex portions of eastern Ukraine. The BBC, which covered the prisoner exchange with the headline "Major prisoner swap welcomed by Ukraine," reported that "Russia and Ukraine carried out an unexpected prisoner swap involving almost 300 people...
In an interview with journalists at the Türkevi in New York at the end of his visit to the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "We see that Türkiye's views on regional and global issues are increasingly gaining support in a wider circle." Expressing that they attached particular importance to meeting with Turkish citizens in the US on various occasions during his visit, President Erdoğan said, "We met and had conversations with representatives of Turkish non-governmental organisations that are active here. We met with our citizens at a dinner organised by the Turkish-American National Steering Committee....
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 7-day diplomatic traffic began with the 22nd Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which he attended as a special guest in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15, and ended when he completed his contacts on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the United States General Assembly in New York. President Erdoğan first met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan upon his arrival in Samarkand on September 15. In the evening, President Erdoğan visited the “Eternal City”...