President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in Istanbul. Following the prayer, President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions. With regard to his meeting with President Iván Duque Márquez of Colombia, President Erdoğan noted that they would discuss the bilateral relations between Türkiye and Colombia as well as such regional matters as the Russia-Ukraine issue, and the drug-trafficking aspect of global terrorism. In answer to a question on the PKK/YPG terrorist organization’s efforts to stop civilians from returning to the terror-free zones in Syria, President Erdoğan said: “First...
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President Erdoğan: “The ships, which will be able to perform all kinds of military duties from air defence to submarine defence, will be delivered at six-month intervals beginning in August 2023.” In a video message he sent to the launching ceremony of the third vessel of the Pakistan MİLGEM Project, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “The production process of all these ships, equipped with the most modern weapons and sensor systems developed by our country, continues as planned.” The third vessel of the Pakistan MİLGEM Project, Badr, was launched at the Karachi Dockyard in the Pakistani port...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with national athletes and youth representatives at the debut of Independence Ballads on the occasion of the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day at Convention and Culture Center of the Grand Ankara Mosque. “I remember with grace all our martyrs, veterans and heroes who sacrificed their lives without hesitation to make these lands our homeland since the Battle of Manzikert to the War of Independence. I remember with gratitude every single member of our military, from its Commander-in-Chief Ghazi Mustafa Kemal to the privates, who crowned with triumph the fire...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with youth during an event held at the Nation’s Library in Ankara. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/137946/president-erdogan-meets-with-youth-in-ankara#/
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun celebrated the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. In the message he shared on his social media account, Altun said, "With determination and our youth, we carry the torch that was lit in Samsun in 1919 to the present and the future, 103 years later. I celebrate the anniversary of our May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day." In the video shared by Director of Communications Altun and produced by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, it is stated that on May 19, 1919, Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk took the first step...
Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day: “My august nation, Treasured youth, the hope of our future and assurance of our bright tomorrows… I congratulate you with my sincerest feelings on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. May 19, gifted to the Turkish youth by Ghazi Mustafa Kemal, was the date when our nation’s love for resolution and independence was proclaimed to the world and when the spirit of resistance inside ourselves was revived. The Turkish nation stood up to the imperialist occupying forces...
Addressing AK Party’s parliamentary group meeting, President Erdoğan said: “We are the foremost among the countries lending the biggest support to the Alliance’s activities in practice. Yet, this doesn’t mean that we will say ‘yes’ to every proposal brought before us. NATO's enlargement is meaningful to us only to the extent that our sensitivities are respected. Asking us for support for NATO membership while providing every kind of support to the PKK/YPG terrorist organization amounts to incoherence to say the least.” President and Justice and Development Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech...
Director of Communications Altun: "It is inconceivable to have a positive attitude toward NATO membership for countries who have not taken a firm enough stance against terrorist organisations." Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun weighed in on Sweden's NATO membership in an article he penned for the Swedish newspaper Expressen: "Sweden will not be able to join NATO unless Türkiye's legitimate concerns are addressed. You must accept this fact if you expect the second-largest army in NATO to defend you in the event of an attack." Underlining that Türkiye has one of the most powerful armies in the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has left Abu Dhabi, where he arrived to convey his condolences on the passing of President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. President Erdoğan was bid farewell by President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Abu Dhabi International Airport.