The Presidency's Head of Communications, Burhanettin Duran, expressed his gratitude to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for entrusting him with this post in his speech at the handover ceremony held at the Directorate of Communications. Head of Communications Duran expressed his gratitude to Fahrettin Altun for his efforts and noted that it was a particular source of joy for him to take over the post from Altun. Head of Communications Duran stated that during the critical periods Türkiye went through under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, they shared a lot with Altun in terms of both...
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Buğra Ayan, Head of the Department of Information Technologies, Directorate of Communications, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Turkish and Chinese artificial intelligence tools capable of engaging with one another can be developed as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. These tools can be utilised in the areas of combating disinformation, strategic communication, and crisis management. We can build a bridge of artificial intelligence. Sun Hu, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department for the Middle East, CMG "Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) is ushering in a new era that is transforming the media; it is...
The Directorate of Communications held the "Türkiye-China Media Forum" in the Conference Hall. In addition to the Presidency's Head of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, China's Ambassador to Ankara, Jiang, representatives of institutions and organisations in the field of media and communications, and numerous guests attended the forum. Head of Communications Altun delivered the opening address of the Türkiye-China Media Forum, during which the session "A Strategic Partnership in the Emerging Global Communication Architecture: Türkiye-China" explored opportunities for strategic collaboration in the media. Moderated by Prof Fırat Purtaş, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at...
With the contribution of İzmir Regional Directorate of Presidency's Directorate of Communications and under the auspices of the Agency for State Support to NGOs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, an event was held in Izmir bringing together Azerbaijani media and civil society representatives, organised by the Azerbaijan Media Analysis Centre in collaboration with the Federation of Friendship Associations of Azerbaijani Turks (ATDDF). The event, held at the Meeting Hall of the İzmir Regional Directorate of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, was attended by approximately 50 participants, including members of the media from Azerbaijan and representatives of non-governmental organisations. The meeting began...
The Directorate of Communications will organise the Türkiye-China Media Forum. The opening remarks of the forum, which will be organised tomorrow in Ankara to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries by enhancing cooperation in the field of media and communication and to foster people-to-people interaction, will be delivered by the Presidency's Head of Communications, Prof. Fahrettin Altun, and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Ankara, Jiang Xuebin. Prominent members of the media, academics, and representatives from public institutions in Türkiye and China will attend the forum to discuss opportunities for cooperation between the...
The third International Project Meeting of the Erasmus+ Programme-supported project titled “Disaster Journalism: Preventing the News from Turning into a Disaster” was held on 11–12 June 2025 at the Pontevedra Campus of the University of Vigo in Spain. The meeting addressed key topics, including project dissemination strategies, evaluation of the enhanced curriculum, and development of digital content. In addition to the Directorate of Communications of the Republic of Türkiye, project stakeholders include the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Selçuk University (Türkiye), the University of Primorska (Slovenia), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), and...
The Directorate of Communications organised the workshop titled "From Common Roots to New Horizons: Türkiye–Hungary Media Bridges" in cooperation with the Turkish Research Foundation (TAV) and the Foundation for Civic Hungary (PMA). The opening remarks of the workshop were delivered by Prof Enes Bayraklı, Deputy Chair of TAV; Adam Kavecsánszki, Chairman of PMA; and Gözde Kirişçioğlu, Coordinator for International Media at the Directorate of Communications. "Türkiye and Hungary are two friendly countries that complement each other" Bayraklı stated that the workshop not only brought together important figures from the two countries but also...
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 ...
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...