President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan penned an article for the newspaper "Hep Birlikte Yeni Hedeflere (Together Towards New Goals)", in which he explained the activities of the AK Party governments under his leadership. President Erdoğan made the following statements in an article published on the front page of the newspaper: Dear Citizens My Beloved Brothers and Sisters "When we were living in a modest neighborhood of my beloved İstanbul with limited means, our elders used to say 'Our country is a paradise.'" We had a glorious past, a natural environment surrounded by seas on...
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President Erdoğan: "As all NATO allies accept Türkiye’s critical importance to the alliance, it is unfortunate that some members fail fully to appreciate certain threats to our country." President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan penned an article for the UK-based The Economist magazine. In his article, President Erdoğan stated that the war in Ukraine challenged conventional wisdom about the rules-based international order, great power competition and Euro-Atlantic security and that the most recent developments breathed new life into NATO, the greatest military alliance in history. Pointing out that Türkiye has been a proud and indispensable NATO...
In his article titled "Türkiye-Uzbekistan: Eternal Friendship and Cooperation Founded on the Law of Brotherhood," which was published in Uzbekistan in the newspaper Yangi O'zbekiston (New Uzbekistan), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, " We regard deepening our relations with brotherly Uzbekistan in every field, as a responsibility placed on our shoulders by our special ties and history, rather than a choice, during this period, when Türkiye handled its relations with the ancient continent with a more comprehensive approach under the slogan "Asia Anew" in the "Asian Century." President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye-Uzbekistan relations, which we define...
“Türkiye-Senegal: Strong Friendship from Past to Future” Senegal is unique among African countries in that it holds a special place in our nation’s heart. Human relations between the two brotherly peoples date all the way back to six centuries ago. Since the 1960s, Turkish-Senegalese relations have grown stronger on these firm roots. Senegal played a vital role in our country's African partnership policies. Indeed, Senegal and Dakar have become one of the first addresses for our country to re-unite with and embrace Africa. Our embassy in Dakar, which opened in 1962, is one of the first in Africa. In 2007,...
Türkiye is an integral component of the Balkans, while the Balkans are a crucial area of interest for Türkiye. Türkiye's perception of the Balkans is influenced by their shared history and culture. In particular, throughout the past two decades, Türkiye has endeavoured to foster closer and friendlier relations with the Balkan states. This approach places Albania at its centre. Türkiye considers Albania to be both a natural ally and a friend. Türkiye believes that a rise in Albania's prosperity and stability will contribute to peace and tranquillity in the entire region. In this regard,...
Around this time last year, Turkey’s military struck the Syrian regime’s positions to stop the latest attack on Idlib, the opposition’s final stronghold, and prevent the displacement or murder of innocent people. Over the course of eight days, we saved millions of lives. Countries that sang Turkey’s praises at the time quickly forgot about the humanitarian crisis in Syria, partly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The civil war went back to being yesterday’s news — until the West’s next crisis of conscience. Now, as talk of democracy, freedom and human rights are in...
The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP), one of the most outstanding indicators of the unifying role of energy, is a regional peace project. TANAP is a concrete example of the excellent relations between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia based on mutual trust, and a symbol of the deeply rooted friendship between our countries. TANAP constitutes the backbone of the Southern Gas Corridor, which aims to deliver natural gas from the Caspian Region to Europe, through Georgia and Turkey. Thus, it forms the most important part of this corridor, with a length of around 3,500 kilometres. The change and transformation that...
Libya has been grappling with a bloody civil war for almost a decade. And yet, so far, the international community has failed to live up to its responsibility to end the violence and restore peace and stability. Today, we’re witnessing the consequences of that apathy. Libya’s government, which the United Nations recognizes, has been under attack by the warlord Khalifa Haftar for several years. His armed group, which seeks to carry out a coup d’état in the country, enjoys support from the anti-democratic governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates among others. ...
By Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, no country has felt the pain of the ensuing humanitarian crisis more severely than Türkiye. We took in 3.6 million Syrian refugees—more than any other country—and spent $40 billion to offer them education, health care and housing. Our culture of hospitality compelled us to shoulder the burden of hosting millions of war victims with very little help from the international community. Yet at a certain point, Türkiye reached its limit. My administration repeatedly warned that we would be unable to stop refugees from flooding into...