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“The brutality of the Israeli administration’s oppression and massacres in Gaza would make all humanity feel ashamed”

Addressing the World Human Rights Day event in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: “The brutality of the oppression and massacres committed in Gaza by the Israeli administration, which receives unlimited support from Western countries, would make all humanity feel ashamed.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the World Human Rights Day event in Istanbul. Expressing his pleasure to be with the participants of the event on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, President Erdoğan voiced his wish for the World Human Rights Day to lead to...

Director of Communications Altun: “The struggle for truth that we wage under the leadership of our President prevents the tyrants’ attempts to acquit themselves”

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, in his speech at the opening of the "TRT World Forum 2023," which was held for the 7th time this year with the theme "Growing Together: Responsibilities, Actions, and Solutions," said, "The political consciousness that our President has developed in this process has brought about in our country a political awareness that has enabled the development of rational and viable resistance strategies against the disinformation campaigns." Stating that Israel systematically produced and sought to disseminate false and misleading news to hide the brutality and genocidal massacres it commits, he said, "This is essentially one of...

“Those who remain silent to the killings of journalists in Gaza have no right to talk about any other issue”

Addressing the TRT World Forum, President Erdoğan said: “Global media cartels seek to disregard the atrocity in Gaza and to legitimize the journalist massacre under the pretext of Hamas. We reject this unconscientious attitude that destroys the human dignity, let alone press freedom and media ethics. Those, who remain silent, today, to the killings of journalists in Gaza, can have no right to talk about any other issue, tomorrow.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the TRT World Forum 2023 in Istanbul. Noting that the massacres, which have been continuing in Gaza since October 7, have reminded the...

Statement about the disinformation “Israeli army captured many Hamas members in Khan Younis”

Regarding some images shared by Israeli propaganda accounts on social media, the claim that "the Israeli army captured a large number of Hamas members in Khan Younis," is not true. Israel has failed to provide any evidence that the detainees were "Hamas members". It has been found that the detentions were not carried out in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as claimed, but in Beit Lahia, north of Jabalia in the north. In addition, the presence of journalist Diaa Al-Kahlot and his relatives among the detainees, the presence of elderly people and children, and Israeli media reports indicate...

President Erdoğan: “If we do not help Palestine win, the law of the strong and the oppressor will prevail”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed questions from journalists and made statements during his return flight from a visit to Greece. President Erdoğan declared the successful conclusion of his official visit to Athens, which he had undertaken at the invitation of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and said, "As you all know, after a 65-year hiatus, we paid the first official visit between the two countries at the level of heads of state in 2017. It is with great pleasure that we return to Athens, this time to attend the High Level Cooperation Council." President Erdoğan stated that the...

President Erdoğan visits Turkish Embassy in Athens

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Greece for the 5th Meeting of the Türkiye-Greece High Level Cooperation Council, paid a visit to the Turkish Embassy in Athens. President Erdoğan separately received President Byron Nicolaides of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) as well as the family of the late Sadık Ahmet, a key figure of the Western Thrace cause, and the members of the Advisory Board of the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace at the embassy. Accompanying President Erdoğan on his visit to the embassy were Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan,...

Türkiye and Greece sign Athens Declaration on ‘good neighborly relations’

The full text of the Declaration is the following:   “The President of the Republic of Türkiye, H.E Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, representing their respective Governments (jointly referred as “the Parties”), having chaired the 5th meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between the Republic of Türkiye and the Hellenic Republic on December 7th, 2023, in Athens, in a spirit of goodwill and cooperation,   PP1. Recognizing the renewed will for cooperation between the Governments of the two countries;   PP2. Underlining that...

“We want to turn the Aegean into a sea of peace and cooperation”

Speaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Mitsotakis of Greece, President Erdoğan said: “We want to turn the Aegean into a sea of peace and cooperation. We aspire to set an example to the world with the joint steps we will take as Türkiye and Greece.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece held a joint press conference following their talks in Athens. Noting that this was the first presidential visit from Türkiye to Greece after 65-year hiatus, President Erdoğan underlined that they want to enhance even further the...