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The Presidency's Directorate of Communications is holding a series of panels and meetings in Washington, DC, US, on April 16-21, 2023, on the earthquakes that struck Kahramanmaraş and are known as the "disaster of the century". Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information, and Technology and AK Party Konya Deputy Ziya Altunyaldız, the General Director of Earthquake and Risk Reduction at AFAD, Prof Orhan Tatar, members of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council, Prof Çağrı Erhan and Prof Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney and Newsweek columnist Tom O'Connor spoke in the...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with earthquake victims at the Traditional Grand Üsküdar Iftar event in Istanbul. Speaking at the event, President Erdoğan said: “During the 70 days since February 6, despite the election process we have not left our brothers and sisters in the earthquake zone alone even for a moment. As a matter of fact, we are sharing iftar with our quake-victim brothers and sisters tonight. Particularly during these holy days, we have stood with our earthquake victims, who are deeply saddened by their losses, in order for them not to feel abandoned. We have endeavored to...

Director of Communications Altun said: "The reality of disinformation has made times of disaster turbulent; therefore, we must combat it resolutely on a global scale." Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun sent a video message to the "Disaster Diplomacy: Recoding International Solidarity for a Resilient World" panel held in Washington, USA. Commencing his speech by extending President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's regards, Director of Communications Altun recalled that Türkiye suffered a devastating disaster on February 6. Remarking that the occurrence of two very destructive earthquakes in a short period of time, as well as the aftershocks, affected more than 14 million...

Speaking at a ceremony held for the key delivery of the 1st phase of the Fikirtepe Urban Transformation Project, President Erdoğan said: “We have been striving to build a disaster risk management system that covers the whole of Türkiye for quite some time. In this sense, urban transformation projects are one of the topics we attach importance to.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a ceremony held in Istanbul for the key delivery of the 1st phase of the Fikirtepe Urban Transformation Project and the beginning of the 2nd and 3rd phases. ...

Speaking at the opening ceremony of Istanbul Financial Center, President Erdoğan said: “The Istanbul Financial Center is a visionary project developed to strengthen Türkiye’s position in the world economy and to make our country a regional and, in the future, a global financial center.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of Istanbul Financial Center in Ümraniye. Expressing his excitement to inaugurate the first phase of the Istanbul Financial Center, which will elevate Türkiye to the next league in the field of finance, President Erdoğan mentioned old financial centers such...

Speaking at a ceremony held in Şanlıurfa for the groundbreaking of post-disaster houses and key handover of newly-built houses, President Erdoğan said: “We have achieved a century’s worth of progress in democracy and development in our country over the past 21 years. Thus, we have managed to remove in record time the traces of all the disasters that took place.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at a ceremony held in Şanlıurfa for the groundbreaking of post-disaster houses and key handover of newly-built houses. Stating that thanks to the works they had commenced following the...

Addressing earthquake victims during an iftar in Şanlıurfa, President Erdoğan said: “A strong political will and a strong administration lie behind our success in implementing a century’s worth of services in just 20 years.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared an iftar dinner with earthquake victims in Şanlıurfa. Recalling that the February 6 earthquakes, which struck Şanlıurfa as well among other neighboring cities, have been one of the most destructive disasters not only in Türkiye’s history but also in the history of humanity, President Erdoğan added that the floods that followed the quakes cost 21...

Meeting with earthquake victims at an iftar dinner in Kocaeli, President Erdoğan said: “The number of the residences and village houses under construction has reached 100,000. We will not leave our earthquake victims alone in Eid al-Fitr as well, and will deliver some of the constructed village houses.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with earthquake victims at an iftar dinner in Kocaeli. Speaking at the dinner, President Erdoğan noted that since the beginning of the Ramadan, they had repeatedly visited the earthquake-hit cities, which he had already been a couple of times, and said: “We were in Malatya...

Speaking at an opening ceremony in Kocaeli, President Erdoğan said: “We are determined to turn Türkiye into a global center of attraction in the field of healthcare." President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of Kocaeli City Hospital and other newly-completed projects. “WE ARE BUILDING CITY HOSPITALS IN ALL MAJOR CITIES OF OUR COUNTRY” Expressing his pride in Kocaeli City Hospital with a capacity of 1,218 beds, which has all kinds of facilities and capabilities with its modern construction, including earthquake isolators, President Erdoğan said: “Kocaeli City Hospital is a magnificent hospital with...