Delivering a speech at an event held in Giresun for the start of the fishing season, President Erdoğan said: “We will never succumb to piracy or banditry in the Mediterranean and the Aegean. No one can confine our country, which has the longest coastline along the Mediterranean, to the coasts of Antalya. We are determined to defend to the end our nation’s and the Turkish Cypriots’ rights in the seas.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an event held in Giresun for the start of the fishing season. President Erdoğan first addressed citizens in...
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Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that he welcomed the statement of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholics, on the Eastern Mediterranean. In a post shared on his Twitter account, Altun included the message of Pope Francis that he followed with concern the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean and called for constructive dialogue and respect for international law to resolve the conflicts that threaten the peace of the peoples of that region. Expressing that he welcomed the statement of Francis on the Eastern Mediterranean, Altun stated the following: “Turkey calls on Greece, among others,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Turkey’s Women’s Under-19 National Team which won the gold medal at 2020 Women’s Junior European Volleyball Championship. During his flight to Giresun, President Erdoğan held a video-conference with Turkey’s Women’s Under-19 National Team which became the champion by beating Serbia with a score of 3-2 in the final and stated that he experienced a very different happiness since under-19 girls’ national volleyball team became the champion in Europe for the second time. Indicating that he expected the championship from the young people also in the upper segment,...
The August 30 Victory Day Special Concert was held by the Presidential Guard Regiment Band Command and the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of Defence. The concert held in the Garden of the Presidential Complex was broadcast live on the YouTube channels and social media accounts of the Presidency and the Directorate of Communications as well as television channels. The concert started with the Military March performed by the Presidential Guard Regiment Band Command and the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of National Defence, and then the Presidential Guard Regiment played the August 30...
A light show was performed by the Directorate of Communications with 300 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as part of the August 30 Victory Day celebrations at the Presidential Complex. After the concert given by the Presidential Guard Regiment, the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of National Defense, the light show started with 300 UAVs. The light show, which was first held in Turkey with 200 UAVs during the July 15 commemoration ceremonies in Istanbul, was realized this time with 300 UAVs in Beştepe on the occasion of August 30 Victory Day. During the show, which lasted about 12 minutes, "August 30", "Victory Day" and ...
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the National Defense University, President Erdoğan said: “All who will confront us on land, at sea and in the air must have seen Turkey’s determination on defending its rights, interests and means whose legitimacy is provided by the international law. Rest assured that those who cannot see it will face this truth on the ground, at diplomacy table and on international platforms.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the graduation ceremony of the National Defense University. “EACH OBSTACLE WE HAVE OVERCOME HAS FURTHER STRENGTHENED OUR SELF-CONFIDENCE” Underscoring that all...
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Roketsan’s new facilities, President Erdoğan said: “We have reduced our external dependency in defense industry from around 70% to around 30%. We have kept raising our domestic production rate with our policy of not purchasing any product, we can produce with our own means, from abroad.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of Roketsan’s Satellite Launching, Space Systems and Advanced Technologies Research Center and Explosive Raw Material Production Plant. “In the past 18 years, we have worked to make up for our losses and carry Turkey to the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received congratulations from top state officials and chiefs of foreign missions on the occasion of the August 30 Victory Day at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/121966/president-erdogan-receives-congratulations-at-the-presidential-complex
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a ceremony held at Anıtkabir (Atatürk's mausoleum) to mark the 98th anniversary of August 30 Victory Day. After President Erdoğan laid a wreath at the mausoleum, the Turkish National Anthem, the Independence March, was sung. Proceeding to the Misak-ı Milli Tower, President Erdoğan wrote in the Anıtkabir memorial book the following: “On the 98th anniversary of the Great Victory, which heralded our independence, we remember with mercy Your Excellency and our august martyrs. We keep working to glorify and strengthen Turkey, which you have entrusted to us, and to...