Speaking at the opening ceremony of Kilis Yukarı Afrin Dam and Kilis Yukarı Afrin Drinking Water Distribution Line, President Erdoğan said: “The global crisis caused by the pandemic has once again laid bare what great opportunities lie before our country. We are now much closer to our goal of becoming one of the world’s top 10 economies.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the opening ceremony of Kilis Yukarı Afrin Dam and Kilis Yukarı Afrin Drinking Water Distribution Line. Underscoring that just as the importance of Turkey’s strong healthcare infrastructure was better understood during the pandemic,...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated Burhaniye Şehriban Hatun Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul after the Friday prayer. Answering reporters’ questions during the opening ceremony, President Erdoğan, with reference to his forthcoming talks on the NATO summit’s margin, said that he will have bilateral meetings with numerous counterparts including the US, British, French, German, Latvian and Lithuanian leaders and that the Turkey-US relations would be addressed during the meeting with US President Joe Biden. Noting that we will proceed to Azerbaijan after his meeting with US President Biden, President Erdoğan stated: “Afterwards, I will...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired a meeting held with the participation of an academic delegation formed by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) to find a solution to the mucilage (sea snot) problem occurring in the Marmara Sea. Briefed by the expert academic delegation led by YÖK President Yekta Saraç about the scientific researches of the academics within the delegation on the mucilage problem and their solution offers, President Erdoğan said the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and other relevant institutions had been immediately mobilized...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan attended the closing event of the Chingiz Aitmatov 4th International Issyk-Kul Forum at the Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Center. Describing the 5th Meeting of the Turkey-Kyrgyzstan High-Level Strategic Council held yesterday as highly fruitful and sincere, President Erdoğan stated that steps to be taken in politics, economy, security, anti-terror fight, culture and education were determined during the meeting. “We are pleased to have seen that our Kyrgyz friends have the same sensitivity as ours to elevate our bilateral relationship to its rightful level. As...
Holding a joint press conference with President Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey was the first country to recognize the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic 30 years ago. This year also marks the 10th year since we elevated our relations to the strategic partnership level. We will further strengthen our ties of eternal brotherhood with Kyrgyzstan.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan held a joint press conference following their bilateral meeting at the Presidential Complex. “WE ARE OF THE SAME OPINION THAT FETO POSES A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO BOTH COUNTRIES” Stressing that Turkey...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, who is in Turkey for an official visit, with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. After the national anthems of Turkey and Kyrgyzstan were played and 21-gun-salute was fired, President Japarov of Kyrgyzstan inspected the guard of honor. Following the introduction of delegations, the two leaders posed for the press and headed inside the Presidential Complex to hold their meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/128225/president-japarov-of-kyrgyzstan-at-the-presidential-complex
Addressing AK Party’s parliamentary group meeting, President Erdoğan said: “It is an eternal cause of ours to protect the nature and the environment.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the party’s group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). President Erdoğan said that those seeking to bypass the national will and ruin the country’s future have been thwarted with the strength given by the nation in every election. “TURKEY HAS GIVEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE ATTEMPTS TO CONFINE IT TO ITS COASTS” Noting that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Speaker of the Republican Assembly of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Önder Sennaroğlu at the Presidential Complex. Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Mustafa Şentop was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/128199/president-erdogan-receives-trnc-republican-assembly-speaker-sennaroglu
Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “When it is about the EU, ‘removal of terrorist content’ is democratic, but when it comes to ‘Law No. 5561 on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publication’’, it is oppressive, is that so? Cyber Homeland is our sovereign right.” Director of Communications Altun commented on the entry into force of the EU law on the removal of terrorist content online within a maximum of one hour. In his post on social media, Altun stated that according to the new legislation, terrorist content would be...