Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday that he hopes the start of a weapons handover by PKK militants will lead to the country's security and lasting peace in the region. "May God grant us success in achieving our goals on this path we walk for the security of our country, the peace of our nation, and the establishment of lasting peace in our region," Erdoğan said in a post on X.
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Ankara is chosen as the Cultural Capital of the Turkic World for 2026. Mehmet Nuri Aksoy, the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, shared the announcement. The decision for the selection was made at the tenth meeting of the Ministers of Tourism of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS). The members of the organisation consist of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan and Hungary hold observer status. In his post shared on the social media platform X, Minister Ersoy said, "Ankara is one of the iconic cities that portray the collective memory of the...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran. Duran, a deputy at the ministry since last year, replaces Fahrettin Altun, whom Erdoğan appointed in 2018 to launch a newly-formed communications directorate employing some 1,500 people in Türkiye and abroad. Duran, the new director, focused primarily on Africa in his time at the foreign ministry, taking a role in Türkiye's mediation of talks between Ethiopia and Somalia late last year. The official presidential gazette said Altun would lead Türkiye's human rights and equality council on leaving the directorate.
A delegation from the Presidency's Directorate of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye met with officials from the Ministry of Information of Syria in Damascus to explore opportunities for cooperation in media, communications, and information. According to a written statement issued by the Directorate of Communications, the delegation included high-level representatives from the Directorate of Communications' Departments of Public Diplomacy, Press and Publications, Public Relations, Strategic Communication, and Crisis Management. During this meeting, the Turkish delegation met with Mohammad Tafran, the Deputy Minister for Digital Media Affairs at the Ministry of Information of Syria; Alaa Barsilo, the General Director...
Turkish Airlines (THY) is resuming its flights to five destinations in Iran. THY will resume its flights to Tehran, Tabriz, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Shiraz, on July 8 and 9. According to a report by IRIB from Ankara, Turkish Airlines (THY) has announced that it will resume flights to Tehran, Tabriz, and Shiraz, starting on July 8 and 9. TRT announced in a news report that, with this new decision, THY's five destinations in Iran (Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Tabriz, and Isfahan) will once again be included in Turkish Airlines' flight network. This decision will facilitate summer travel while also helping to increase stability in the...
President Erdoğan of Türkiye recently signed a Presidential Decree demanding a 270 per cent increase in the country's medium- and long-range missile production capacity within the next 18 months. Erdoğan stated that he aspires to a swift production of missiles and for the country's stock of medium- and long-range missiles to be brought to a level of deterrence. The report stated that Türkiye's plan to increase missile production includes various types of offensive munitions, such as strategic and tactical missiles, as well as long-range rocket systems. The new generation "Cenk" ballistic missile and the "Gezgin" cruise missile, which...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye said he hoped that the "distressing events in Moscow and Baku" would not irreparably harm Russia-Azerbaijan relations. After returning from the Economic Cooperation Organisation summit in Azerbaijan, Erdoğan stated to journalists that Türkiye has strong diplomatic and strategic ties with both Azerbaijan and Russia and added: "We are closely monitoring the situation and calling for restraint." Erdoğan stressed that Ankara supports the parties in resolving tensions. "Our priority is to avoid sudden escalations that would undermine the hard-won stability in a region that has seen enough war and conflict,"...
A summit of seven west and central Asian leadersagreed on Friday to liberalise trade, attract more foreign investment and build cooperation in greenenergy to strengthen regional economic integration. The Economic Cooperation Organization gathering also agreed to improve transport connectivityand restore post-conflict areas across the region as part of a long-term development strategy to 2035, the organisation announced. The summit, held under the theme "A New Vision for the ECO for a Sustainable and Climate Resilient Future," was attended by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani counterpartIlham Aliyev, Uzbekistan's Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, Kyrgyzstan's SadyrJaparov, Tajikistan's Emomali Rahmon, and Pakistani Prime Minister...
The first Türkiye-China Media Forum was held in Ankara, the capital of Türkiye. The forum, organised by the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, aimed to deepen bilateral strategic cooperation in the field of media and communication, as well as to promote cultural interaction and technological interconnectivity between the two countries. China Media Group (CMG) represented China at the forum, garnering significant attention by sharing its innovative achievements in revolutionary technologies, such as artificial intelligence. The forum attracted over 200 Chinese and Turkish representatives and guests from a variety of backgrounds, including media,...