Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Ankara would not repeat the mistake of European countries, which suspended their nuclear power plants due to the energy crisis and then decided to restart them. Commenting on the intention of the alliance of the six opposition parties to revise the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, which is being built with the Russian Federation, Erdoğan said, "The opposition wants to raze it to the ground." In an interview with A Haber television channel, Erdogan said, “We have four power units (at Akkuyu) and we will open one on April 27, and we...
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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye spoke by phone. The parties assessed the efforts aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation, it was stated. Erdoğan thanked Algeria for the assistance the country had provided in the aftermath of the earthquakes that struck Türkiye. The two parties exchanged ideas on regional and international issues, underlining that they worked together to defend the Palestinian cause.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye spoke by phone with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine Tuesday night. In his call with Abbas, Erdoğan stated that Ankara would continue to support Palestine. Exchanging Ramadan greetings with Abbas, Erdoğan thanked Abbas for the solidarity the people of Palestine had displayed for the earthquake survivors in Türkiye. Erdoğan and Abbas, who dwelled on strengthening the relations between the two nations and their peoples, also assessed the latest developments related to Palestine. No further details were provided regarding the phone call.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan indicated in a statement that defence industry projects complement Türkiye’s political and economic power. Speaking during the fast-breaking dinner for the Turkish Armed Forces in Ankara, Erdoğan thanked all the armed forces personnel who helped with debris removal work and ensuring security after the earthquake. “We now have the ability to destroy threats at their source thanks to advancements in the defence sector and skilled army personnel. We are currently working on advancing our military industry projects to a level that will complement our political and economic power. When we achieve...
Number of passengers travelling through the airports in İstanbul in the months of January and February reached 15 million 972 thousand 93 passengers, with an increase of 4 million 825 thousand 468 passengers compared to the same period last year. This is an indication that Turkish airports have overcome the challenges posed the pandemic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdoğan, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Erdoğan thanked Putin for his "positive attitude" in extending the Black Sea grain deal and expressed his "understanding of the Russian side's principled position to achieve the full implementation of the second part of the agreement, removing barriers for Russia's agricultural products," the Kremlin said in a statement. Russia laid out conditions on Monday for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if...
The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved a bill ratifying Finland's bid to join NATO, state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday, effectively taking Helsinki another step toward membership of the trans-Atlantic pact. Parliament's general assembly still needs to approve the bill and is expected to do so before it closes in mid-April, ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14. President Tayyip Erdoğan said last week during a visit by his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto to Türkiye that parliament would ratify Helsinki's accession to NATO. But Erdoğan held off approving the NATO membership bid of Sweden,...
President of Defence Industries of Türkiye, İsmail Demir, announced on social media that Türkiye’s first domestic fighter aircraft and light combat aircraft have departed the hangar. The Hürjet aircraft was designed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The maximum speed of the aircraft, which has a length of 13.4 meters and a wingspan of 11 meters, has been announced as Mach 1.4. Hürjet will replace the Air Force Command's T-38 and F-5 aircraft used in aerobatic demonstrations. TAI plans to produce two flyable prototype aircraft, one static and one fatigue test aircraft, for use in test activities as...
Türkiye and Iraq will build a land and railroad transportation corridor stretching from the Iraqi province of Basra to the Turkish border, Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "We have tasked our minister friends, who will carry out the works for materializing the Development Road Project, extending from Basra to Türkiye," Erdoğan said at a joint press conference with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. "I believe that we will transform the Development Road Project into the new Silk Road of our region," the Turkish president said. Moreover, Türkiye will increase...