Türksat 6A, the first domestic and national communication satellite created by Turkish engineers, will be launched into orbit tonight at 00:20 from Space X's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, with the attendance of Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to send a video message following the launch at midnight. Also, Minister Uraloğlu will share the thrill with Türkiye through a live connection from the Kennedy Space Center. "The symbol of our independence" Uraloğlu noted that preparations continued and said, "Tonight, inshallah, by successfully launching Türksat 6A,...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed questions from journalists and made statements during his flight from a visit to Germany, where he watched a quarter-final match of the 2024 European Football Championship, which featured Türkiye and the Netherlands. President Erdoğan expressed his congratulations to the Turkish Football Federation, the technical staff, and all those who have contributed to the organisation of the championship. Stating that the Türkiye-Netherlands match was overshadowed by the unfair decision hastily taken by UEFA regarding Merih Demiral, President Erdoğan went on to say: "To put it bluntly, the two-match UEFA ban for...
Following the National Football Team's 2-1 loss to the Netherlands in the European Championship 2024 (EURO 2024) quarterfinal, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan greeted them in the locker room. Following the game at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, President Erdoğan met with the National Football Team's players and technical staff in the locker room alongside Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, President of the Turkish Football Federation Mehmet Büyükekşi, and UEFA Executive Board Member Servet Yardımcı. "I congratulate you all," Erdoğan added, shaking hands with each national...
Presidency's Head of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post on his social media account in support of our National Football Team, which is playing the Netherlands in the quarterfinal of the 2024 European Football Championship (EURO 2024). In his post, Altun said, "We have fought as one and advanced with great enthusiasm; now is the time for pride... Come on, #BizimÇocuklar ('Our Boys'), now is the time to claim new victories!!"
To see the 2024 European Football Championship (EURO 2024) quarterfinals match between the Turkish and Netherlands national football teams, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flew to Berlin. President Erdoğan took "TUR" plane to Berlin to support the National Football Team, which is playing the Netherlands at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament hosted by Germany, while Governor of Istanbul Davut Gül, AK Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Osman Nuri Kabaktepe, and other officials saw him off at Atatürk Airport. Along with President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Chief Advisor...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "We, together with Mr. Putin, may have an invitation to Bashar al-Assad. If Mr. Putin can visit Türkiye, this could be the beginning of a new process." President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked to journalists and answered their questions on his return flight from Kazakhstan, where he attended the 24th Summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. President Erdoğan stated that he was invited to the summit as the guest of honour by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan and that he also attended the 2022 Leaders' Summit...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to the "Classical Kurdish Literature and Its Masterpieces" event held as part of the Van Culture Route Festival. "Classical Kurdish Literature and Its Masterpieces" event was held on the sixth day of Van Culture Route Festival. The event was held yesterday at the Van Provincial Public Library Conference Hall, moderated by Gülşen Orhan, Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic, and attended by Mehmet Nesim Doru, Ali Karadeniz, M. Halit Yalçın (Xalid Sadini), and Abulhâdî Timurtaş. In the event, 13 important works of classical Kurdish literature published by...
The 24th summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan, with the participation of 16 countries' heads of state and government. The Astana Declaration of the SCO 24th Council of Heads of State Summit, chaired by Kazakhstan and hosted at the Palace of Independence in Astana, has been adopted. According to the declaration, member states agreed upon enhancing the SCO’s role in bolstering global peace, security, and stability and shaping a new democratic, egalitarian international political and economic order. The declaration acknowledged that the right of SCO...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has departed Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Seeing President Erdoğan off at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport were Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov of Kazakhstan, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Akmaral Alnazarova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Alibek Bakayev, Mayor of Astana Jenis Kasımbek and Turkish Ambassador to Astana Mustafa Kapucu, as well as other state officials. President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural...