Addressing citizens in Artvin’s Yusufeli district, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey is active in the East Mediterranean with two drillships and two seismic vessels, and said: “The West hurls threats at us. We don’t heed threats. We are defending and will continue to defend Turkey’s rights in the East Mediterranean to the end.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens in the Yusufeli district of Artvin. After his address to the citizens, President Erdoğan inspected by helicopter the ongoing construction works of the Yusufeli Dam. Answering reporters’ questions following the inspection, President Erdoğan described...
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Turkey has shown the door to three mayors who served terrorists rather than the people, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “If they put the families of our martyrs in front of the municipality, and serve terrorists rather than people, we will also show them the door,” Erdogan said in an event in the capital Ankara. Earlier this week, mayors of the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van were suspended. They are facing terrorism charges. The mayors -- Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli, Ahmet Turk, and Bedia Ozgokce Ertan -- are from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a party Turkey's...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended in Ankara a ceremony marking the 18th foundation anniversary of AK Party. Delivering a speech during the ceremony, President Erdoğan, referring to Turkey’s ongoing drilling activities in the East Mediterranean, said the works are carried out by three drilling ships, and added: “We know our rights. Just as we will protect to the end the rights of our kinsmen in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, we will protect our own rights to the end as well. What falls to us is to fulfill this...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a one-day-visit to Russia on Tuesday. Earlier on Friday, Erdogan discussed the latest developments in war-weary Syria and Libya over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In a phone call, Erdogan stressed that Assad regime's violations and attacks in Idlib, northwestern Syria, is causing a "major humanitarian crisis". Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited. The Syrian regime and its allies, however, have consistently broken the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the zone. The...
Assad regime's ceasefire violations in Idlib, northwestern Syria, is causing a “major humanitarian crisis,” Turkish president told his Russian counterpart over phone. According to a statement by Turkish presidency’s communication office on Friday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin discussed the latest developments in war-weary Syria and Libya. During the phone conversation, Erdogan said the regime’s attacks in Idlib -- an area where a cease-fire is supposed to be in effect -- damage efforts to find a solution to Syria crisis and pose a serious threat to Turkey’s national security. Turkey and Russia agreed last September to...
Turkey will “resolutely” continue to explore hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. Erdogan's remarks came at a press conferences in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, following his meeting with Ersin Tatar, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Erdogan pinned the blame on the irreconcilable attitudes of the Greek Cypriot side for the lingering Cyprus dispute. Turkey’s president also warned: "No project ignoring Turkey or Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus can be realized in Eastern Mediterranean." Tatar is in Turkey for his first official visit to the country upon the...
Turkey's president on Thursday welcomed new envoys to the capital Ankara from Indonesia, Philippines, Iraq, and Mali. Indonesian Ambassador Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, Philippine Ambassador Raul S. Hernandez, Iraqi Ambassador Hassan Al-Janabi and Mali Ambassador Mohamed Ali Ibrahim presented their letters of credentials to Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex. Photos were taken after the letters were presented. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/new-envoys-present-credentials-to-turkish-president/1562493
The Presidential Cabinet convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/108263/presidential-cabinet-convenes-under-the-chairmanship-of-president-erdogan
“Second Home: Turkey" documentary telling about the new lives the Syrians have built in Turkey was prepared with the support of the Directorate of Communications. "Second Home: Turkey" documentary, which aims to eliminate the disinformation regarding the Syrian refugees around the world and in Turkish public opinion, invites viewers to think about social harmonization. The Syrians, who were displaced from their homeland by an extraordinary wave of migration under the gloomy shadow of the war, are among the foremost figures of fragile communities at high risk of being targeted for information pollution, hate speech and propaganda activities. The Directorate of...