Addressing the COP31 Leaders’ Summit, President Erdoğan said: “From energy to industry, and transport to agriculture, we are guided by green transition across all the sectors in our economy, restructuring them with the aim of decorbanization. We are increasing our renewable energy investments, boosting energy efficiency, and promoting clean transport solutions.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the COP31 Leaders' Summit Opening Event in Antalya. President Erdoğan said: “Respect for nature lies at the heart of our civilization. Earth is a sacred trust that must be protected and cared for. We are a nation that...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a message on his NSosyal account on the occasion of 11 November National Afforestation Day. In his post, President Erdoğan stated: “I hope that our 11 November National Afforestation Day will be auspicious to our country, our nation and our environment. Today, on the one hand, we are strengthening global solidarity in the fight against the climate crisis by hosting the United Nations COP31 Leaders’ Summit in Antalya, while on the other, we are planting millions of seeds and saplings across our country under the motto ‘A Breath for the Future, Peace for the...
The 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) Leaders’ Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has kicked off in Antalya. Source: Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
The Presidency’s Head of Communications, Prof. Burhanettin Duran, shared a message on his NSosyal account on the occasion of 11 November National Afforestation Day. In his message shared on NSosyal, Head of Communications Duran said: “11 November National Afforestation Day, declared in 2019 under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is an important expression of our determination to protect our Green Homeland and leave a more liveable environment for future generations. This year’s afforestation efforts, carried out under the motto ‘A Breath for the Future, Peace for the World’, also lend special significance to COP31, held in Antalya...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan planted an olive sapling with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres at the Leaders’ Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31). President Erdoğan and UN Secretary-General Guterres attended the COP31 Leaders’ Summit held at the Antalya EXPO site. As part of a simultaneous tree-planting initiative held across Türkiye’s 81 provinces to mark 11 November National Afforestation Day, President Erdoğan and Guterres planted an olive sapling at the summit venue. Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Murat Kurum and Minister of...
At the panel organised by the Directorate of Communications as part of COP31, discussions focused on the role of parliaments in translating global climate commitments into national policies, international cooperation, and country experiences in implementing climate policies. The panel titled “The Lawmakers’ Blueprint: How do parliaments turn global climate pledges into national action?”, organised by the Directorate of Communications as part of COP31, was held in Antalya on 10 November 2026. Parliamentarians from Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf region gathered at the panel hosted by the Directorate of Communications. During the session, countries shared their experiences in translating global climate...
The Presidency's Head of Communications, Burhanettin Duran, met with parliamentarians, think tank representatives, academics, and researchers as part of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Antalya. In his address, Head of Communications Duran stated that they had gathered to assess climate change, one of the most important issues on the global agenda, along with its causes and consequences, as well as ways of addressing it, and said: "As you are aware, the climate change phenomenon has today become a multidimensional issue that extends far beyond the boundaries of...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a dinner on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya. Source: Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan was also present at the meeting. Source: Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye