President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump in which he reiterated Ankara’s proposal to form a working group to discuss Turkey’s pending procurement of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. Presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter that Erdogan and Trump also discussed bilateral and regional issues. Washington has balked at Turkey's purchase of the S-400s. U.S. officials have advised Turkey to buy the Patriot missile system rather than the S-400 system from Moscow, arguing it is incompatible with NATO systems. Turkey has responded that it was...
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Presidential communications director commemorated the 566th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul with a post on social media Wednesday. “We shout out! We say persistently to those who cannot stand Istanbul to become an Islamic city, to those who set an eye on these sacred lands, to those colonized minds which say ‘the persecution began in 1453’ that may the 566th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul be blessed,” Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter. He also hailed Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II -- who conquered Istanbul on May 29, 1453 -- and his army. Sultan Mehmet II conquered the city from where the Byzantines...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Barham Salih of Iraq, who is paying a working visit to Turkey, shared an iftar following their talks in Istanbul. First Lady Emine Erdoğan and First Lady Sarbag Salih of Iraq attended the iftar at Vahdettin Mansion. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105549/president-erdogan-hosts-iftar-for-president-salih-of-iraq
Turkey's president marked the 566th anniversary on Wednesday of Istanbul's conquest by Ottoman troops, "which started a new age and changed the course of world history." "May Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II and his heroic army rest in peace," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter more than half a millennium after Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II stormed the city straddling Europe and Asia on May 29, 1453. Then called Constantinople, Istanbul had previously been the metropolis from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday congratulated Azerbaijan on its 101st Republic Day. “I would like to congratulate on the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Azerbaijan. I send my greetings to the friendly and brotherly people of Azerbaijan and to my brother [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev,” Erdogan said in a Twitter post. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin also extended greetings on the Republic Day of Azerbaijan in a Twitter message, wishing Turkey and Azerbaijan “more beautiful, brighter and stronger days” in the future as “one nation, two states”. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Barham Salih of Iraq, who is paying a working visit to Turkey, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105545/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-salih-of-iraq
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun shared a post about Iraqi President Barham Salih’s visit to Turkey on his Twitter account. Stating that Salih would pay a working visit to Turkey this evening, Altun said: "Visiting President and our President @RTErdogan will meet at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul and discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. After the meeting, our President and his esteemed spouse @EmineErdogan will host Mr. Barham Salih and his distinguished spouse at an iftar (fast-breaking dinner) program.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared iftar with citizens in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105536/president-erdogan-shares-iftar-with-citizens-in-istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday observed the 59th anniversary of Turkey's first-ever military coup. “May 27, 1960 will be remembered as the first military coup and a black stain on Turkish history,” said Erdogan in a tweet. He also remembered former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes who was executed after the coup. “I remember late Adnan Menderes and his friends who were executed by the coup plotters,” Erdogan added. The decade-long Democrat Party (DP) government was ousted by a military junta which arrested, tried and jailed all its leading members. Accused of violating the constitution as well as embezzling money from state...