President Erdoğan has congratulated the national football team that advanced to UEFA EURO 2020 finals after goalless tie against Iceland on Thursday evening. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told national Turkish broadcaster TRT that the Turkish team became a "nightmare against opponents both in defense and offense". "I congratulate our manager Senol Gunes, technical staff and our players as well as the Turkish Football Federation," Erdoğan said after the match. He was at Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex to watch the game. "Our next match will be against Andorra. We are also competing against France [in Group H]," Erdo...
News
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the video President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan showed US President Donald Trump and the American senators during his visit to Washington, from his social media account. In his Twitter statement regarding the video Altun said, “Here is the video that was shown to President Trump and US senators by President Erdoğan yesterday during their meeting at the White House. The video details the massacres committed by the terrorist code named ‘Mazloum Kobane’.” The video shared by Fahrettin Altun with English subtitles includes examples of the massacres committed by Ferhat Abdi Şahin, a terrorist...
Turkey will not give up on Russian S-400 air-defense system to acquire U.S. Patriots, the Turkish president said on Wednesday, stressing his country “can buy Patriots too”. “It is out of question to completely leave Russian S-400 to buy U.S. Patriots. We can buy Patriots too. However, we will buy S-400 as well,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters in his flight en route to Ankara from Washington. “Turkey can buy U.S. Patriots, but we consider offers to buy just Patriots and completely put Russian S-400s aside as an interference in our sovereignty rights,” Erdoğan...
President Erdoğan on Thursday issued a message, marking the 36th foundation anniversary of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to be celebrated on Friday. In the message, Erdoğan said Turkey will never allow anyone to usurp the Turkish Cypriots’ rights on hydrocarbon resources. Turkey, as a guarantor nation for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), is currently carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean with two drilling vessels, Fatih and Yavuz, along with Oruc Reis and Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa seismic vessels in the same region. Turkey has consistently contested the Greek Cypriot administration’s unilateral...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he believed the U.S. Senate would not pass a resolution to recognize the so-called Armenian genocide. "I believe the Senate will act prudently and will not repeat the mistake the House of Representatives made," Erdogan said in his address at the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland. On Oct. 29, the anniversary of the Turkish Republic, the House voted 405-11 in favor of the resolution to recognize alleged killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The resolution is not legally binding. Erdogan reiterated his call for historians to investigate the issue. "If...
Tens of thousands of people died because a safe zone was not implemented quickly enough in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday. Erdoğan made the comments during a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump following four hours of bilateral meetings that also included a sit-down with Republican senators. Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring on Oct. 9 to eliminate YPG/PKK terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey's borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees and ensure Syria's territorial integrity. On Oct. 17, the U.S....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. lawmakers during an Oval Office meeting Wednesday they have applied a misnomer to the an offshoot of PKK terror group, by calling them Kurds. “But I assure you the ones that you’re referring to as ‘Kurds' are PYD or YPG. These are terrorist organizations. And they are offshoots of the PKK," said Erdogan. He said he has Kurds in his population and lawmakers in his own political party who are Kurdish. Erdogan explained the necessity of a safe zone in its border to protect Turkey from terror groups and for Syrian...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Washington, D.C. for a working visit, met with President Donald Trump of the United States at the White House. Upon their arrival at the White House, President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan were welcomed by U.S. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. After posing for the press with their wives, the two leaders headed to the Oval Office for their talks. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112534/-president-erdogan-meets-with-u-s-president-trump
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Washington, D.C. for a working visit at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, met with Turkish and American businesspeople at a meeting hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and DEİK/Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAİK). Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112527/president-erdogan-meets-with-turkish-and-american-businesspeople