The Directorate of Communications has completed the process of securing its institutional publication archive through decentralised digital storage technology. A total of 130 official publications prepared in various fields, particularly strategy, diplomacy, communication, history and culture, were permanently stored on the Pinata infrastructure via the IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) protocol using the institution’s internal resources. The cryptographic proof of this storage process was also recorded on the Ethereum blockchain. Thanks to the smart contract deployed on the Ethereum network, the authenticity of each publication can be independently verified. The authenticity of each publication can be transparently verified on...
Announcements & Activities
The Directorate of Communications organised a comprehensive environment and climate media tour in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, between 9 and 11 May 2026. The second leg of the media tour, the first of which was held in İstanbul and Kocaeli on 27–29 March 2026, took place in Hatay and İstanbul. Held under the title “Road to COP31: Sustainable Future International Media Program,” the organisation aimed to raise international media awareness ahead of the COP31 Summit, which Türkiye will host in November. A total of 18 foreign journalists from 12 countries — the United Kingdom, Hungary, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Serbia,...
The “Letters from Gaza” project, brought to life with the support of the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications and the Okçular Foundation, has opened its doors as an innovative, immersive exhibition that combines contemporary technology and a human narrative. The exhibition conveys the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Gaza through letters, drawings and video content created directly by the people of the region, enriched with holograms, augmented reality (AR) and digital video technologies. In this sense, “Letters from Gaza” aims to offer visitors not merely an exhibition but an emotional and immersive experience. Transforming Türkiye’s sensitivity and stance...
The Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, will organise a comprehensive environmental and climate media tour on 9–11 May 2026. Following the first media tour held in İstanbul and Kocaeli on 27–29 March 2026, the second leg of the programme will take place in Hatay and İstanbul. The “Road to COP31: Sustainable Future International Media Programme”, aimed at raising international media awareness ahead of the COP31 Summit to be hosted by Türkiye in November, will bring together 17 foreign media representatives from 11 countries, including the United Kingdom, Hungary, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Serbia, Morocco,...
The award ceremony for the infographic competition themed “The History of Genocides in the World and Gaza,” organised in cooperation between our Directorate and Yozgat Bozok University, was held. Speaking at the ceremony held at the Erdoğan Akdağ Congress and Culture Centre, the Rector of Yozgat Bozok University, Prof. Evren Yaşar, stated that the aim of the competition was to remind society of what has been forgotten, make the unseen visible, and refresh collective memory in order to prevent history from repeating itself. Prof. Yaşar thanked the organising committee, jury members, and stakeholders who contributed to the...
The Directorate of Communications has created its official institutional profile on Hugging Face, one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning community platforms. As the first upload on the profile, disinformation bulletins prepared by the Centre for Combating Disinformation have been shared as an open dataset. Consisting of approximately 2,810 verified claim records, the dataset covers a wide range of topics—such as earthquakes, elections, migration, and the economy—including false claims circulated on social media along with their official verifications. Published in both Turkish and English, the dataset has been made freely available to researchers, journalists,...
Directorate of Communications will organise the “Safe Society in the Digital Age: Risks and Solutions Panel” on 30 April 2026 at 09:15. The panel will take place at the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Communications.
The accreditation process has been launched for members of the press who wish to attend the 2026 NATO Summit, which will be hosted by Türkiye in Ankara on 7–8 July. Members of the press who wish to attend the Summit are required to complete their accreditation applications via NATO’s official website. Respectfully announced. Please click here for detailed information about the application process.
The Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation co-organised a comprehensive programme comprising a panel session, a roundtable discussion and a meeting with members of the press on 21 April 2026 in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, under the title “The Developments in the Middle East and the Future of Türkiye–Japan Relations.” Within the framework of the programme hosted by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, opening remarks were delivered by the President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Atsushi Sunami, and by the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye...