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President Erdoğan receives IPU President Barron

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron 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/542/122013/president-erdogan-receives-ipu-president-barron

Drone show that marked August 30 prepared in 1.5 months

The choreography design and simulation of the light show, which was performed by the Directorate of Communications with 300 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs-drones) at the Presidential Complex on August 30 Victory Day and marked the celebrations, was entirely developed by Turkish designers. 37 people took part in the 1.5-month preparation phase of the show organized for the first time on such a large scale. Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said in his statement a couple of days before August 30 that Victory Day would be celebrated this year as well in a way worthy of our state’s glory and with an utterly...

President Erdoğan receives Algerian FM Boukadoum

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria Sabri Boukadoum at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/121996/president-erdogan-receives-algerian-fm-boukadoum

“Turkey as the spokesman for humanity’s shared yearning voices the demand for rights and justice on all platforms”

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year 2020-2021, President Erdoğan said: “The demand for justice is taking root among societies in the remotest corners of the world. Turkey as the spokesman for humanity’s shared yearning voices the demand for rights and justice on all platforms.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of the Judicial Year 2020-2021 at Beştepe People’s Culture and Convention Center in Ankara. “The crooked mindset that only certain societies in the world possess democracy, security and prosperity and that others have no value other than...

“We are determined to defend to the end our nation’s and the Turkish Cypriots’ rights in the seas”

Delivering a speech at an event held in Giresun for the start of the fishing season, President Erdoğan said: “We will never succumb to piracy or banditry in the Mediterranean and the Aegean. No one can confine our country, which has the longest coastline along the Mediterranean, to the coasts of Antalya. We are determined to defend to the end our nation’s and the Turkish Cypriots’ rights in the seas.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an event held in Giresun for the start of the fishing season. President Erdoğan first addressed citizens in...

Director of Communications Altun: “The Mediterranean should be a sea of peace and stability”

Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that he welcomed the statement of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholics, on the Eastern Mediterranean.   In a post shared on his Twitter account, Altun included the message of Pope Francis that he followed with concern the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean and called for constructive dialogue and respect for international law to resolve the conflicts that threaten the peace of the peoples of that region.      Expressing that he welcomed the statement of Francis on the Eastern Mediterranean, Altun stated the following: “Turkey calls on Greece, among others,...

President Erdoğan congratulates European Champion young volleyball players

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Turkey’s Women’s Under-19 National Team which won the gold medal at 2020 Women’s Junior European Volleyball Championship. During his flight to Giresun, President Erdoğan held a video-conference with Turkey’s Women’s Under-19 National Team which became the champion by beating Serbia with a score of 3-2 in the final and stated that he experienced a very different happiness since under-19 girls’ national volleyball team became the champion in Europe for the second time. Indicating that he expected the championship from the young people also in the upper segment,...

Victory Day Special Concert held at Presidential Complex

The August 30 Victory Day Special Concert was held by the Presidential Guard Regiment Band Command and the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of Defence. The concert held in the Garden of the Presidential Complex was broadcast live on the YouTube channels and social media accounts of the Presidency and the Directorate of Communications as well as television channels. The concert started with the Military March performed by the Presidential Guard Regiment Band Command and the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of National Defence, and then the Presidential Guard Regiment played the August 30...

Light show performed with 300 UAVs for Victory Day at Presidential Complex

A light show was performed by the Directorate of Communications with 300 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as part of the August 30 Victory Day celebrations at the Presidential Complex. After the concert given by the Presidential Guard Regiment, the Janissary Band and Harmony Band Command of the Ministry of National Defense, the light show started with 300 UAVs. The light show, which was first held in Turkey with 200 UAVs during the July 15 commemoration ceremonies in Istanbul, was realized this time with 300 UAVs in Beştepe on the occasion of August 30 Victory Day. During the show, which lasted about 12 minutes, "August 30", "Victory Day" and ...