President Erdoğan spoke by phone with the new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During the conversation, President Erdoğan wished Allah’s mercy upon the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, by whose passing he was deeply saddened, and extended his condolences to the late Emir’s family and the people of Kuwait. President Erdoğan stated that the late Emir’s outstanding efforts for peace and stability in the region as well as his exceptional contributions to Kuwait’s prosperity and development will always be remembered with appreciation. Congratulating...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, "On the one hand, we are fighting against the coronavirus pandemic, which is one of the biggest health crises of the last century; on the other hand, we are trying to manage the negative effects of the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic, beyond being a health problem, is one of the consequences of the deterioration of the ecosystem." President Erdoğan sent a video message to the Summit on Biodiversity held on the sidelines of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly. Noting that we, as humanity, were going through a...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a letter to the heads of European Union (EU) organisations and the leaders of member states where he communicated Turkey's approach towards the Eastern Mediterranean and proposals for the solution of problems. In his letter sent to EU member states except for Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC), President Erdoğan reminded that the Turkey-EU relations and their progress were always a matter of priority for his country and significant progress was achieved during his term in office. Noting that there were compelling challenges in the over-60-years...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered his condolences for the deceased Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait. In his post shared in Arabic and Turkish on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan noted the following: “I wish Allah’s mercy upon Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, whom I am deeply saddened to learn the death of, and I extend my condolences to the people of the friendly and brotherly nation, Kuwait on behalf of the Turkish nation.”
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that the claim that “the SU-25 aircraft belonging to Armenia was shot down by a Turkish F-16” is “absolutely untrue”. Turkey has refuted the claim of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia that the Armenian SU-25 aircraft had been shot down by a Turkish F-16 announced by the Russian news agency, Tass. In his statement to Bloomberg, the Director of Communications Altun said, “The claim that Turkey ‘shot down Armenian warplane’ is absolutely untrue. Rather than resorting to such cheap propaganda acts, Armenia should immediately withdraw from the territories it occupied.”
On the occasion of the 482nd anniversary of the Preveza Naval Victory, a three-dimensional image (hologram) show accompanied by a cinematic sound system was displayed in the Golden Horn by the Directorate of Communications. The Preveza Naval Victory-themed hologram show on the water-screen in the Golden Horn lasted 5 minutes. The importance of Preveza Naval Victory in terms of Turkish and world history was explained in the show, which was broadcast live on the social media accounts of the Presidency and the Directorate of Communications. In the show’s presentation, “Our naval victory, written with golden letters in our history, is...
During the conversation, where the prospects for improving relations between Turkey and the United Kingdom were addressed, regional issues, in particular the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the tensions created by the Armenian attacks on Azerbaijan, were also evaluated. Reiterating their commitment to meet the 20 billion dollar trade target by increasing mutual trade and investment, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the UK have agreed to deepen and strengthen the cooperation in the field of defence, which has a great potential between the two countries. During the conversation, President Erdoğan expressed that it...
Addressing the “Symposium on International Maritime Law and the Eastern Mediterranean in terms of History, Politics and International Relations,” President Erdoğan said: “We can resolve the problems in the Mediterranean not by excluding each other, but by gathering all the regional actors around the same table. Equations in which Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are not fairly included cannot yield a Pax Mediterranea.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the “Symposium on International Maritime Law and the Eastern Mediterranean in terms of History, Politics and International Relations” in Istanbul. “TURKEY WILL CONTINUE TO...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “We condemn Armenian aggression in the strongest terms and call on all sensible nations to stand with Azerbaijan in its rightful struggle against foreign occupation and attacks.” In a thread on his Twitter account, Altun said Turkey would always stand shoulder to shoulder with its brothers and sisters in Azerbaijan. Armenia must take this into account in their calculations before launching their belligerent attacks, Altun said, and stressed that war and instability would not benefit this region. Indicating that the international community was once again silent in the face of Armenian aggression, Altun noted...