Answering reporters’ questions following the Friday prayer he performed at Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said the local elections are over but the legal process is going on, and that the Supreme Election Council will make the final decision for the elections, adding: “Turkey has given the whole world a democracy lesson with the high turnout in the elections, which reached 82-83 per cent.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions on the way out of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul where he performed the Friday prayer. “The elections are over but the...
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The new edition of "Turkey Today" panels organized by the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications was held on April 4 in the Russian Federation. The Kremlin's Directorate of Communications also followed the panel. The new series of “Turkey Today" panels launched by the Directorate of Communications last September in the major capitals throughout the world were held at Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow on April 4. Valdai Program Director Dr. Ivan Timofeev moderated the panel entitled "Turkey-Russia Relations During the Syria Process”. Strategic Research Director at Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) Assoc. Prof. Hasan Basri Yalçın;...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Hafıza 15 Temmuz (Memory July 15) Museum in Istanbul. During the visit, President Erdoğan was briefed on the ongoing construction works of the museum, located near the Martyrs’ Memorial at the Anatolian end of the July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/103817/president-erdogan-visits-memory-july-15-museum-in-istanbul
Presidency’s Communications Director, Prof. Fahrettin Altun gave a response to remarks by U.S. State Department Spokesman regarding the local elections. “We urge all parties, including foreign governments, to respect the legal process and refrain from taking any steps that may be construed as meddling in Turkey’s internal affairs,” Prof. Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter in response to remarks by U.S. State Department Spokesman Robert Palladino. Prof. Altun shared the following tweets in English: “Sunday’s elections took place in an orderly and peaceful fashion. Elections are the cornerstone of our nation’s democracy. The Turkish people...
Leaders across the world on Monday congratulated President Erdogan for his party’s win in local elections. The leaders called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after unofficial results showed the Justice and Development (AK) Party won nearly 45 percent of the vote in Sunday’s local elections, according to Turkish presidential sources. Leaders congratulating Erdogan include Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Chairman Milorad Dodik, former Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, Guinean President Alpha Conde, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. Additionally, Pakistani Prime...
The Turkish nation has made the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party winner of 15 consecutive elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early Monday. Erdogan said 56 percent of municipalities in Turkey will be run by AK Party, in an address to the nation from the balcony of his party headquarters in capital Ankara after Sunday's local election victory. "I would like to thank all my citizens, especially our Kurdish brothers, for showing sensitivity toward the issue of survival," he said. Turkey's ruling party is leading the race with 16 metropolitan municipalities and 24 cities claimed by AK Party candidates, according to unofficial results. ...
Holding a press conference on the March 31 local elections, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey has completed the March 31 elections with democratic maturity. Our people have manifested their will in the polls with a high turnout.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference on the March 31 local elections in Istanbul. “Turkey has completed the March 31 elections with democratic maturity. Our people have manifested their will in the polls with a high turnout,” President Erdoğan said, voicing his hope that the elections will yield auspicious results for our country, for our nation,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cast his ballot in Istanbul in Sunday's local elections. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote, Erdogan expressed hope for high turnout in ballot boxes. He said the voting process is continuing smoothly across Turkey. Erdogan will start to follow the election results in Istanbul, and after addressing a news conference there, he will head to the capital Ankara, the president said. Sunday’s polls mark the first local elections in Turkey under the new presidential government system, adopted in an April 2017 referendum. Voting started at 7 a.m. local time (0400GMT) and will continue...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens during campaign rallies in Istanbul’s districts of Kağıthane, Bayrampaşa, Sultangazi and Güngören ahead of the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. “The escalation in attacks on our country stems from efforts aimed at blocking the path to a powerful and prosperous Turkey” Pointing out that there is an escalation in the attacks against Turkey in the days leading up to the elections, President Erdoğan stated that the aim of those who escalate their attacks is to hinder Turkey from getting powerful...