Turkey has launched an idea project in January to receive direct proposals of people to use them for the country benefits. Turkish Presidency Directorate of Communications said in a press release on Thursday that it kicked off a project called "I Have An Idea for My Country in 2019", so everyone in Turkey is able to convey recommendations and ideas to the public offices in a direct way. This platform is aimed to be a channel in which helpful ideas coming from people are amassed. Then the inspirational ideas in this platform would be put into practice. Fahrettin Altun, presidential communications...
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All issues with Greece can be resolved “on an equitable basis and in a peaceful way,” Turkey’s president said Tuesday. “Our expectation from Greece is that it doesn’t become a safe haven where FETO, PKK, DHKP-C terrorists take refuge,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Ankara. FETO, or the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016 which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured. Erdogan once again reiterated Turkey’s expectations on...
The era of Turkey taking out loans from the IMF is long since gone, said the President Erdogan on Tuesday. "Turkey closed its IMF chapter in May 2013 and, God willing, it will not be reopened," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the parliamentary group of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.. Erdogan slammed claims by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) that Turkey would seek to negotiate with the IMF after the local elections set for March 31. "It is clear who has gone to the IMF. Those that have the CHP mentality, they have gone to the IMF," he...
Presidential Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun underlined that efforts of Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO) members, at home and abroad, to discredit July 15 cases were in vain, indicating the fight against this insidious organization would continue resolutely until no single FETO member was left unquestioned. Altun posted on his Twitter account, sharing a video prepared by Anadolu Agency (AA) about the “denial strategy” of FETO. He tweeted: "Denial and pretence strategy used in an organized manner by FETO members, who were caught in the act during July 15 coup attempt, before courts will not suffice to dissemble their betrayal and...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet on Feb. 14 in Russia's coastal city of Sochi, where they will discuss Syria. "We will meet with Putin on Feb. 14 in Sochi," Erdogan told Turkish state broadcaster TRT News in an exclusive interview on Sunday. The president said Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold the second Syria summit in Sochi and hoped that the summit would contribute to the situation in Syria. Erdogan, Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani first met in Sochi in 2017. Turkey and Russia, together with Iran, are the guarantor countries which...
Turkey’s president on Saturday received Palestinian members of the Israeli parliament in Istanbul. Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the representatives in a closed door meeting lasting roughly 90 minutes at the Tarabya Presidential Campus (Huber Villa), presidential sources said. Erdogan underlined that Turkey will not “turn its back” on the Palestinian cause or people, adding that Ankara will share "all means available" for ending the occupation and establishing peace. He went on to thank the Knesset members for their service of representing the Palestinian will in Israel’s legislative body against Tel Aviv’s “oppression...
Turkey will "take matters into its own hands" to foil attempts of forming "terror corridor", the country’s presidential communications director said on Friday. "Turkey will again take matters into its own hands to foil any attempts of forming terror corridor as it did during the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations, without being intimidated from any threats," Fahrettin Altun said in an interview with a journal of Ankara-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA). Altun said Turkey works for finding a political solution to Syria crisis. Talking about possible operation east of Euphrates River, Altun said: ...
Turkish forces will very soon clear all Daesh remnants from Syria, the terrorists deliberately left there and trained against Turkey, the country’s president said on Monday. “We will very soon bring peace, security, and stability east of the Euphrates River, just as we did in other regions [in Syria],” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referring to a promised counter-terrorist operation across Turkey’s borders, following up on two similar operations since 2016. “In this regard, we continue to be in contact with powers which have a military presence in the field, particularly the U.S. and...
Turkey will produce larger armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in a few months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Sunday. Speaking at a mass opening ceremony in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, Erdogan stated the new product would set "an example to the world." Stating that Turkey has been producing both surveillance and armed drones, Turkish leader said: "Now, we are producing larger armed unmanned air vehicles and it will be completed in a few months." He went on to say that 65 percent of Turkish defense industry needs are provided by local producers, highlighting his country's recent success in...