Turkish President Erdoğan to visit TRNC tomorrow Turkish Presidency's Head of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) tomorrow. Altun provided the following information regarding the visit in a statement on his social media account: "Our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be visiting the TRNC tomorrow. During his visit, President Erdoğan will inaugurate the complex housing the TRNC Presidency, the Assembly of the Republic, the Prime Ministry, and the Nation’s Garden, all of which have been completed. He will also attend the TEKNOFEST TRNC...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye stated that the construction of the first reactor of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant will be completed soon. Speaking at the İstanbul Natural Resources Summit, the President said, "The construction of the first reactor of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, the nation's largest energy sector project, will shortly be completed," adding that the initial trial production is anticipated to commence by the end of this year. "With the completion of the remaining reactors, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is expected to be operating at full capacity by 2028. Consequently, it is anticipated to...
According to Daily Sabah, Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov of Bulgaria and his Turkish counterpart Alparslan Bayraktar signed today in İstanbul a Memorandum of Understanding on the expansion of cross-border electricity transmission and cooperation in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and hydrogen and carbon capture technologies. The memorandum of understanding was signed on the sidelines of the Natural Resources Summit (INRES 2025), held today in İstanbul, which focused on international cooperation in the fields of strategic minerals, hydrocarbons, and long-term resource security within the context of the global energy transition. After the signing of the memorandum, Bayraktar shared...
The Fourth Türkiye-Italy Intergovernmental Summit, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, concluded with the signing of 11 agreements. The Turkish President paid an official visit to Rome and met with the Italian Prime Minister. Agreements were signed in the fields of trade, industrial investment, space, culture, sports, social services, archives, transportation, and the defence industry. The agreements included a memorandum of understanding between the Turkish defence industry company Baykar and the Italian aerospace company Leonardo. The agreement was signed by the Board Chairman of Baykar, Selçuk Bayraktar, and...
Türkiye’s tourism revenues rose by 5.6% in the first quarter of this year, reaching 9.45 billionUSD. The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) stated on Wednesday (30 April) that the increase reflects the continued strength of Türkiye’s tourism sector. Speaking in İstanbul, Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, said that the number of visitors to Türkiye reached 8.84 million in the first quarter of 2025. (Reuters) According to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute, Türkiye’s total tourism revenues in 2024 reached an...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of government, saying these were "nothing more than a dream" and had no place in the neighbouring country. Rival Syrian Kurdish parties, including the dominant Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeast, agreed at a meeting on Saturday on a common political vision for the country's Kurdish minority. The call for a decentralised structure was rejected by Syria's Islamist leaders. "The issue of a federal structure is nothing more than a raw dream. It has no place in the reality of Syria....
Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, announced in Budapest on Wednesday that Hungary and Türkiye had reached an agreement on the construction of a new natural gas power plant, as well as oil and natural gas exploration and production at two sites in Hungary. According to the statement sent by the Ministry to the Hungarian news agency MTI (Magyar Távirati Iroda), Minister Szijjártó, in a joint press conference with Türkiye's Minister of Energy Alparslan Bayraktar, stated that another significant milestone had been reached in the strategic cooperation between the two...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday observed the formal exchange of a dozen cooperation agreements, including on defense, as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two Mediterranean nations. Erdoğan was in Rome to attend a fourth so-called Intergovernmental Summit between Italy and Türkiye that aims to boost trade and cooperation. His visit comes at a time when Türkiye and Italy have expanded defense partnerships. In March, Türkiye's leading drone manufacturer, Baykar, reached a memorandum of understanding for a joint venture with Italy's Leonardo for production...
Türkiye wants a de-escalation between Pakistan and India, President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday, after the two exchanged small arms fire following last week's deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir. Erdoğan was speaking in Ankara following a cabinet meeting.