The book "Fuat Sezgin’s Legacy: Building Bridges through Science Diplomacy", prepared for publication by the Directorate of Communications, was introduced at a special event. The event, held at a hotel in Istanbul, began with a moment of silence and the Turkish National Anthem. Participants included Presidency's Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun, the Board of Trustees Member of the Research Foundation for the History of Science in Islam (IBTAV) Necmeddin Bilal Erdoğan, Anadolu Agency Chairman of thr Board and Director General Serdar Karagöz, as well as academics, writers, and representatives from the intellectual community. The event commemorated the ...
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The second session of the panel titled “Fuat Sezgin’s Legacy: Building Bridges through Science Diplomacy,” organised by our Directorate, has been held. In the panel titled “Transcending Borders through Science Diplomacy with Fuat Sezgin’s Legacy of Islamic Science”, moderated by Coşkun Yılmaz, PhD, President of the Manuscripts Institution of Türkiye, the speakers were Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Nihal Fırat Özdemir, PhD, Zahide Özkan, PhD, and Hüseyin Şen, PhD. Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç drew attention to Fuat Sezgin’s contributions to both the positive sciences and normative sciences, stating: “Fuat Sezgin devoted...
The first session of the panel, titled “Fuat Sezgin’s Legacy: Building Bridges through Science Diplomacy,” organised by the Directorate of Communications, has been held. The panel was held at a hotel, where the life and works of Prof. Fuat Sezgin, one of Türkiye's most prominent scholars in the history of Islamic science, were discussed. The session titled "Remembering Fuat Sezgin: His Life, Works, and Legacy," moderated by Prof. Nevzat Şimşek, Rector of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University (FSMVU), featured Prof. Ersan Aslan, Rector of Kırıkkale University, Prof. Şükrettin Güldütuna from Frankfurt University,...
Head of Communications Altun said, "As one of the countries most involved in NATO missions and operations, Türkiye has, over the years, served as a key for peace and justice both in its immediate region and globally, putting forth intense diplomatic efforts in this direction. " Prior to the NATO Summit, our Directorate held a panel titled "Türkiye and NATO in the Face of Transforming Security and Information-Based Challenges" in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. During the event, the Presidency's Head of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, addressed the participants via video message and emphasised that NATO has been the...
The kick-off meeting of the “VOICE of Migration: Future Communicators” (VoM) project, coordinated by the Directorate of Communications and aimed at promoting a more accurate, ethical, and creative communication of migration issues across Europe through young communicators, was held on 20 June 2025 in Albacete, Spain. With partners from Austria, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, and Greece, the project seeks to empower young communicators in the field of migration communication and to foster more conscious public awareness on the topic. During the meeting, project objectives, activity plans, and strategies for youth participation were discussed. Within the framework of the project partnership, participating...
The Directorate of Communications organised a panel titled "A Fairer World is Possible" in Madrid, the capital of Spain. José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain, delivered the panel's opening remarks. Zapatero highlighted that Türkiye's admission to the European Union (EU) would have been most appropriate during the time when relations were at their most favourable, particularly in 2005 and 2006, when enthusiasm was notably high. He also expressed that the failure to achieve this was an oversight, noting, "Had Türkiye been a member of the EU, the conflicts we are presently facing might have been averted....
The “Journalism for Juniors (J4J)” Mobile Journalism Workshop was held in Russia with the collaboration of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the Directorate of Communications, and the Yunus Emre Institute. The workshop took place in the Russian capital, Moscow, on 17–18–19 May. As part of the training programme, 20 students received instruction on introductory journalism, disinformation, fact-checking, social media content production, written and oral storytelling, mobile journalism, field production, video shooting with mobile devices, and mobile video editing. Upon completion of the training, students deployed in teams to generate their own video projects by employing the mobile journalism abilities...
The "Communication Training Programme" was organised in collaboration with the Directorate of Communications and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (TRNC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The "Communication Training Programme," held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Uğur Umar Conference Hall, kicked off with opening remarks by Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of TRNC, Ali Murat Başçeri, Türkiye's Ambassador to Nicosia, and Assoc. Prof Bora Bayraktar, Head of the Strategic Communication and Crisis Management Department of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications. In his speech, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the TRNC, Ertuğruloğlu,...
The BRICS Summit will be held on 6-7 July 2025 at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Members of the media wishing to follow the event in question are required to complete their accreditation procedures until June 22, 2025. It is expected that the accreditation of the official press members who will attend the Summit will be done together with the official delegation members of the participating countries. For detailed information on accreditation procedures and the meeting, please visit https://brics.br/en/news/accreditation-for-the-rio-de-janeiro-brics-summit. For press accreditation, please contact registration.press@brics.br e-mail...