President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the AK Party İzmir District Mayoral Candidates Announcement Meeting. President Erdoğan made the following remarks at the meeting: "I sincerely believe that Izmir will hold those who have neglected it for years to account at the ballot box and choose real municipal work. Türkiye is no longer the Türkiye of a quarter century, half a century ago. Türkiye's regional and global responsibilities are increasing as it completes its infrastructure deficiencies and consolidates its political and economic independence. Given our expanding political sphere of influence,...
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The Symposium "Media's Struggle for Truth in the Gaza War: Violence, Disinformation, and Censorship", organised by the Directorate of Communications, continues on its second day. The symposium, which commenced in a hotel in Taksim yesterday with opening remarks by Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, and Palestine's Ambassador to Ankara, Faed Mustafa, discusses the press members' struggle for truth in the Gaza war, access to accurate information and journalists' safety, as well as the role of international media. The symposium, which features international members of the media from several countries as speakers, also highlights the importance of the global struggle...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post on his social media account on the decision by the International Court of Justice on the aggression against Palestine. Director of Communications Altun stated the following in his post: "The International Court of Justice has made a sound decision as a powerful step in the way of holding Israel accountable for its war crimes. The court’s decision is a landmark exception to so many failures and double standards on the part of many Western governments who have been silent and complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing efforts....
"The Media's Struggle for Truth in the Gaza War: Violence, Disinformation, Censorship" Symposium organised by the Directorate of Communications began with its first session entitled "Journalists' Safety in Conflict Zones and Attempts to Suppress and Intimidate Journalists." The session moderated by the Head of the Public Diplomacy Department of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Güner, was attended by Al Jazeera's Lebanon Reporter Carmen Joukhadar, Anadolu Agency's (AA) photojournalist Mustafa Hassona, Spanish journalist David Segarra and TRT Arabic Editor Somaya Abunima Abueita. Noting that this symposium will shed light on Israel's attempts to intimidate and suppress...
President Erdoğan said: "As Türkiye, we will continue to work with all our strength and stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters to establish a ceasefire and pave the way for lasting peace." President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a post on social media regarding the International Court of Justice's ruling on Israel. President Erdoğan said, "I value and welcome the International Court of Justice's interim ruling regarding the inhumane attacks in Gaza. We will continue to monitor the process to ensure that war crimes against innocent Palestinian civilians do not go unpunished. We hope that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/150882/president-erdogan-meets-with-uk-foreign-secretary-cameron
Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, shared a post on his social media account regarding his address at the "Media's Struggle for Truth in the Gaza War: Violence, Disinformation, Censorship Symposium" organised by our Directorate in Istanbul. Director of Communications Altun stated the following in his post: ''Since October 7, we have been striving to increase global awareness of Israel's genocide in Gaza, to end Israel's systematic disinformation campaign, and to communicate the legitimate demands and arguments of the Gazan and Palestinian people to the rest of the world. Since October 7, 120 journalists have been martyred, and hundreds have been injured...
Upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Türkiye, President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi of the Islamic Republic of Iran paid an official visit to the Republic of Türkiye on January 24, 2024, which corresponded to 4 Bahman 1402. On the occasion of the visit, the 8th Meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between the Republic of Türkiye and the Islamic Republic of Iran was held with the participation of the Ministers, the list of whom is annexed hereto. The Parties, in the light of their traditional relations based on mutual respect, common interests, friendship, and deep-rooted...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after the Friday prayer. SWEDEN’S NATO BID In answer to a question about the Turkish Parliament’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO bid and Türkiye’s procurement of F-16s from the U.S., President Erdoğan said: “As you know, our Parliament, in line with the promise made, held a vote on the issue and it was ratified by the Parliament with the majority of the votes, and then, as of yesterday,...