Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the footage recorded at the HDP Office in Esenyurt District, where posters of the leader of the terrorist organisation Abdullah Öcalan were hung and made a call as follows: “The West must stop spreading HDP/PKK’s lies and tell the truth.” Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the footage of the operation conducted in the HDP Office building in Esenyurt District, in a thread on his Twitter account. Stating that the footage offered fresh proof of HDP’s ties to PKK, a designated terrorist organisation in Turkey, the United States and the European...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held two phone calls with Furkan Yaren, one of the captains of the ship, which was attacked by pirates off the coast of Nigeria. Receiving the information that the ship was moving towards Gabon with three crew members who survived the attack, President Erdoğan stated that he followed the process closely and instructed all officials regarding the rescue of kidnapped crew.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired the Foreign Policy Review Meeting. Regional developments, particularly relating to the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria, and steps to strengthen the ties with European Union were discussed at the meeting held at Vahdettin Mansion. During the meeting in which the current state of affairs in foreign politics was reviewed under several topics extending from bilateral relations to global developments, it was underlined that Turkey would resolutely continue to implement, through diplomacy and dialogue, the steps to "boost its influence, protect its rights and national interests, and enhance its reputation" in foreign politics, as...
Addressing via videoconference a ceremony for the completion of Silvan Dam embankment and for inauguration of Ergani Dam, Başlar Dam and Ergani Drinking Water Treatment Plant, President Erdoğan said: “Our people will never allow anyone to undermine their democratic and economic achievements. We will continue to disappoint those who seek to make us suffer the pains, oppressions and losses experienced by many other countries and societies, by our neighbors in particular.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference a ceremony for the completion of Silvan Dam embankment and for inauguration of Ergani Dam, Başlar Dam and...
Speaking at a ceremony for the launching of the Frigate Istanbul and the first welding of Pakistan MILGEM Corvette Project’s third ship, President Erdoğan said: “It is an obligation, rather than a choice, for us to be strong in military, economic and diplomatic terms. In this spirit, we have mobilized starting from 2002 all our means so as to maximize the share of domestic production in defense industry.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at a ceremony in Istanbul held for the launching of the Frigate Istanbul (F-515), the fifth ship of MILGEM Project, and for the...
Addressing a delegation from the Young Businessmen Confederation of Turkey, President Erdoğan said: “We will make Turkey a hub of investment, production and technology with the international investments we will attract primarily in high-tech industries.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Chairman of the Young Businessmen Confederation of Turkey (TÜGİK) Erkan Güral and his accompanying delegation at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. “WORKS TO UPDATE THE CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT CONTINUE” Addressing the TÜGİK delegation, President Erdoğan, referring to the Free Trade Agreement signed with the United Kingdom, said that it was the most important...
Indicating his belief that, in addition to the ones in Berlin, Mexico, Tokyo and Washington, the OECD Istanbul Centre to start operating in Istanbul would undertake successful works, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Thus, we are getting one more step closer to our goal of making Istanbul a centre for international organizations, in particular for the United Nations. Hopefully, through the OECD Istanbul Centre, we will be able to contribute more to the organization's work across wide geographies, including the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia." President Erdoğan sent a video message to the Organization for Economic Cooperation...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Üsküdar Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after performing Friday prayer. In response to a question about Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar’s remarks in Iraq that Turkey was ready to lend support if requested by the Iraqi government as regards the terrorists in Sinjar, President Erdoğan underlined that Turkey always stood ready for joint operations but that any such operation wouldn’t be announced in advance. “There is something I always say. What is it? We can come one night...
Addressing via videoconference AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan said: “Thanks to the strong infrastructure and political architecture we have built in the past 18 years, we will, inshallah, carry Turkey to the place it deserves in the new global order. We will not miss again the opportunities, which we have been unable to seize in the past due to political instabilities and economic inadequacies.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke via videoconference at the party’s extended meeting of provincial heads. “We will not stop until we finish building the great...