In the post shared on his social media account, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Jeddah concretely demonstrated the determination of the Islamic world in the face of Israel's increasing oppression, its solidarity with the Palestinian people and its support for the Palestinian cause. In his post, President Erdoğan evaluated the meeting in Jeddah, the attacks on Gaza and the steps taken by Türkiye to resolve the crisis with its assistance. "I appreciate the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been conducting telephone diplomacy with world leaders in an effort to end the Israel-Palestine conflict and establish peace in the region. During the previous day's telephone conversation between President Erdoğan and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran, the two leaders discussed the Israel-Palestine conflict, the mounting tension in the region and the steps that should be taken for the resolution. During the call, President Erdoğan emphasised that the immediate termination of the conflicts is important in the name of regional and global peace and that Türkiye exerts intensive efforts in order for...
Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, shared a post on his social media account regarding Israel's hospital strike in Gaza. Director of Communications Altun stated that the justified outrage sparked by Israel's latest massacre in Gaza was shared by Türkiye, along with the rest of the world. Director of Communications Altun noted: "It is of the utmost importance that our citizens express their opinions about Israel within the framework of democratic rights and liberties and that they assist our security forces in their efforts to maintain public order. Our duty today is to be the voice...
The claim shared by some social media accounts that "Documents from Al Jazeera's live broadcast show that rockets were fired at Israel and one of the rockets failed and landed on a hospital" is false. The news article cited as the basis for the allegation mentions Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The news article has no relevance to the claims. Immediately after Israel's bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in GazaHananya Naftali, the former digital media officer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a post announcing that "the Israeli Air Force has hit a hospital in Gaza". It was...
The al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in the north of Gaza is an area where hundreds of civilians have been killed in days of intense Israeli bombardment. Examining the footage of the bombing of al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza's al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, it becomes obvious that the ammunition that had the effect of destroying the area was not the type that Hamas had previously employed. The claim that "Hamas, not Israel, carried out the attack" on the hospital is false. It was found that the images shared by Israeli propaganda accounts claiming that a "Hamas missile hit the hospital" were from 2022. In a recent...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post in English on his social media account on the Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza. Altun stated the following: "Bombing hospitals is a grave crime. Massacring people who are receiving medical attention is simply beyond the pale. Targeting civilians is employing terror tactics, pure and simple. Unconscionable attacks such as the one reported against the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City is unacceptable. Innocent civilians in the thousands have suffered more than enough. This must stop. Period. As President Erdoğan stated, the whole world must come together to...
In a post on social media, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on all humanity to take action to stop the unprecedented atrocity in Gaza. President Erdoğan said, "Striking a hospital where there are women, children, and innocent civilians is the latest example of Israel's attacks devoid of fundamental human values. I call on all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented atrocity in Gaza."
The call addressed the conflicts that are becoming more and more violent between Israel and Palestine as well as steps aimed at ensuring calm. Sharing with his Brazilian counterpart Türkiye’s offers of solution for a lasting peace, President Erdoğan said no country should add fuel to the fire, and that concrete steps should be taken by all regarding humanitarian aid within the framework of human rights.
"Media and Local Governments Panel" was organised in Düzce in cooperation with the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, the International Media Information Association (UMED) and the municipality. Journalist authors Zafer Şahin, Ersin Çelik, Esra Elönü and Edip Üzen attended the panel at Prof. Dr. Erol Güngör Cultural Centre as speakers. Ersin Çelik stated that local governments have updated themselves concurrently with the emergence of social media since 2007. Asserting that social media has become indispensable in daily life as of 2007, Çelik remarked, "Local relations between the media and municipalities have become more intertwined." Previously, municipalities needed to promote...