News

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended an opening ceremony in the province of Afyonkarahisar. “Our goal is to make Turkey’s dreams and goals come true” Delivering a speech at the ceremony, President Erdoğan described their way of engaging in politics as the politics of winning over hearts and minds and said: “We are working day and night and exerting efforts unceasingly for the peace and prosperity of our people.” Pointing to their prioritization of the people’s hearts and minds as the main difference between them and those who look down on...

Designs prepared by fashion designer Zeynep Kartal together with Syrian refugee women were presented in London with the support of Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications. The designs prepared by designer Zeynep Kartal, together with Syrian women refugees living in Turkey, were presented at a special event organized within the framework of London Fashion Week in London Presentation Studio on February 16, 2019, at 20:00 London time. With the support of the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, fashion designer Zeynep Kartal gathered with the Syrian women, who fled the war and took refuge in Turkey, at the ateliers in Istanbul...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey aims to reduce its dependence on foreign energy sources. Speaking at a campaign rally for local March 31 elections in northwestern Edirne province, Erdogan said that Turkey aims to maximize domestic resource utilization in energy. "In 2017, our electricity generation from domestic sources was 45 percent. Now, it has reached 60 percent," Erdogan said. He also recalled that Turkey discovered new gas fields in Thrace with a reserve of 3 billion cubic meters that will double the country's current natural gas production. "The production is enough to meet the consumption of 300,000 households for 10 years," he added. ...

Turkey’s president said Friday the Trump administration did not appear to portray a united stance on its withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria In a televised interview, Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised a recent trilateral summit held in the Russian resort city of Sochi with the leaders of Russia and Iran, saying it was "very productive and useful". He said the next such summit on the Syrian conflict would be held in Turkey. In addition, Erdogan reiterated the need for Washington to make good on its promise to evacuate the YPG/PYD/PKK terror group from northern Syria...

President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at a campaign rally in the province of Bursa in the run-up to the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. Pointing out that Turkey is going through a period during which every choice made is of crucial importance for the future of the country, President Erdoğan noted that they closely follow the issues which amount to a matter of survival for the Turkish people while also preparing for the upcoming elections. “Even the slightest hesitation regarding the Syria issue will cost us dearly” Underlining...

Following the Turkey-Russia-Iran Trilateral Summit on Syria, the fourth of which was held in Russia, Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun said in his statement on Twitter that Turkey would continue to contribute to the resolution of the Syrian crisis. Pointing out that Turkey, Russia and Iran came together at the Tripartite Summit for the fourth time in order to review the joint initiatives conducted for the establishment of peace and stability in Syria, Prof. Altun said: “Under the leadership of our President, Turkey will continue to contribute to the resolution of the crisis in Syria.”

The leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Thursday expressed a firm stance against "separatist agendas" in Syria. “The presidents expressed their determination to stand against separatist agendas aimed at undermining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria as well as the national security of neighboring countries,” read statement released following a trilateral summit on Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Russian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Iran's Hassan Rouhani met in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for the fourth time to discuss the situation in Syria. They discussed the situation in northeastern...

Turkey does not want a new humanitarian crisis to arise in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. "Neither in Idlib nor in other regions of Syria do we want a new humanitarian crisis and new tragedies to arise," Erdogan told a news conference with his Russian and Iranian counterparts following a trilateral summit on Syria in Russia's coastal city of Sochi. Erdogan said Turkey will continue to do its part on Idlib deal. He also called on the Syrian regime to obey the cease-fire agreement. "Hopes for a political solution to the Syrian crisis are sprouting as...

A meeting between the Turkish and Iranian presidents has started in the Russian coastal city of Sochi. The one-on-one meeting of Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani comes just ahead of Thursday's trilateral summit on Syria of Turkey, Russia, and Iran. Erdogan, Rouhani, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss joint efforts on the ground and as part of the political process by the Astana platform to find a lasting solution to the Syrian conflict. The leaders first met to discuss Syria in Sochi in 2017. Turkey, Russia, and Iran are guarantor countries...