Global leaders, diplomats, and experts are set to gather in Istanbul later this month for the STRATCOM Summit, a major international forum organized by Türkiye’s Presidential Directorate of Communications. The summit will take place on March 27–28, 2026, at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions and rapidly evolving global crises. Held under the global brand STRATCOM Summit, the two-day event aims to bring together heads of state, ministers, policymakers, and leading scholars to discuss the future of the international order, strategic communication, and the management of emerging global challenges. The summit opens with a high-level session featuring Cevdet Yılmaz,...
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At the fifth Strategic Communication Summit (STRATCOM), to be organised this year by our Directorate, discussions will address the war in the Middle East as well as the most profound challenges facing the international system. The Summit, attended by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, and Director of the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) İbrahim Kalın, along with 11 ministers and more than 60 senior officials from 10 countries, will be held in İstanbul on 27–28 March. Held under the theme “Disruption in the International System: Crises, Narratives, and Search for Order,” the two-day summit will examine the disruption...
The 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will be held at the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel and Conference Center from April 15–19, 2026, hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. The meeting will be attended by Numan Kurtulmuş, Speaker of the GNAT, as well as foreign parliamentary speakers, Turkish and foreign parliamentarians, senior bureaucrats, and heads of foreign missions. The general theme of the meeting has been set as “Nurturing hope, securing peace and ensuring justice for future generations" Within the framework of the Assembly, meetings of the IPU’s standing committees and relevant parliamentary bodies will be held;...
The Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, will organise a comprehensive Climate Media Programme in İstanbul and Kocaeli on 27–29 March 2026. Bringing together 17 foreign press members from 8 countries, the “Road to COP31: Sustainable Future International Media Program” seeks to raise international media awareness ahead of COP31, which Türkiye is set to host in November. Within this framework, Türkiye’s environmental and climate policies, its vision for sustainable development, and the domestically developed technologies in this field will be presented to members of the international press. Türkiye’s efforts...
A roundtable meeting titled “Türkiye’s Priorities for the July 2026 Ankara NATO Summit: Transatlantic Security Amid Geopolitical Fluctuations” was held in London in cooperation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) by the Directorate of Communications. Ahead of the Extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government to be hosted by Türkiye on 7–8 July 2026, the Directorate of Communications is organising a series of panels in the capitals of NATO member states. Following panels recently held in Spain in cooperation with the Elcano Royal Institute and in France with the French Institute for International and...
The fourth episode of the “Crafting Voices: Podcasts on Migration and Communication” series, prepared within the framework of the Voice of Migration: Future Communicators Erasmus+ project, coordinated by our Directorate, has been released. The guest of this episode, titled “Youth Sector in Bulgaria: The Voice of Solidarity,” is Dr Nikola Zhivkov, a lawyer, mediator, and youth policy expert from Bulgaria. The podcast discusses the role of young communicators in today’s public debates on migration and evaluates how responsible, informed communication can contribute to developing a more balanced, multidimensional perspective in these discussions. The episode also addresses widespread misconceptions and...
Distribution of Accreditation Cards Accreditation cards for media representatives who applied to cover the 111th Anniversary Ceremonies of the March 18th Çanakkale Naval Victory will begin to be distributed on March 17, 2026, between 15:00 and 18:00 p.m. at our Çanakkale Regional Directorate located at Cevatpaşa Neighborhood, İzzet Çetin Art Street, No:2, Floor:1. Accreditation cards will be distributed at the press desk set up at the Eceabat pier until 10:30 a.m. on the day of the ceremony (March 18, 2026). Transportation For members of the press wishing to attend the ceremonies, shuttle buses will depart from the Eceabat pier at certain times until 10:30 a...
The D-8 Summit will be held in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, from April 12 to 15, 2026. Media representatives wishing to cover the summit must complete their accreditation process via the website https://d8summit2026.id/en by April 12, 2026. Accreditation cards will be distributed at Artotel Gelora Senayan from April 11–15, 2026, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local time. As part of the event, the press center to be set up at the Jakarta International Convention Center will be open from April 13 to 15, 2026, and transportation will be provided from Artotel Gelora Senayan to the press center at specific times. Detailed information regarding...
A high‑level conference entitled “Türkiye–NATO: Future Perspectives” was co-organised by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications and the French Institute for Strategic and International Affairs (IRIS) in Paris. The conference was held at the IRIS headquarters under the moderation of IRIS Deputy Director Didier Billion. Speakers included Ambassador Prof Çağrı Erhan, Chief Adviser to the President and Deputy Chair of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council; Dr Kılıç Buğra Kanat, Research Director of the SETA Foundation’s Washington Office (SETA DC); IRIS Deputy Director Jean‑Pierre Maulny, and IRIS researcher Patrice Moyeuvre. ...