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The “Ukraine Crisis and the Future of NATO” Panel, hosted by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, addressed Türkiye's key role as well as its reasonable concerns about countries that support terrorism. Ambassador Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Permanent Delegate of Türkiye to the European Union (EU), Ambassador to Brussels Hasan Ulusoy and Consul General in Brussels Umut Deniz, as well as numerous Turkish and foreign guests attended the panel, which began with a video message from Fahrettin Altun, Presidency's Directorate of Communications. During the panel which was moderated by Associate Professor Enes Bayraklı from...

Addressing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, President Erdoğan said: “Climate change and environmental problems are common issues of humanity. Therefore, the answers to them should be a product of global solidarity. No one can remain indifferent to these problems in an equation in which we experience climate change’s destructive impacts every day.”  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. Greeting heads of state and government participating in the forum, President Erdoğan thanked US President Joe Biden for organizing this meaningful event. Describing climate change...

President Erdoğan shared a post on his Twitter account, saying, "I celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which aims to raise awareness in order to leave a more liveable environment for future generations."  The image in his post indicated, "5.9 billion saplings have been planted in the last 20 years," and “Our forest asset was 20.8 million hectares in 2002 and is now 23.1 million hectares in 2022."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions following the prayer. As regards the relations with Greece, President Erdoğan stated: “I have already said that I would never meet with them so long as there is an honest politician in front of me. We have also said that we have ended our High Level Strategic Council meetings, and that we would not hold High Level Strategic Council meetings with Greece from now on. We are not holding this year’s meeting, either....

Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that it was encouraging to hear statements from Sweden and Finland that they took Türkiye's security concerns seriously and said, "We hope that countries we regard as friends, such as Sweden and Finland, will take concrete and lasting measures to prevent the activities of terrorist organisations threatening Turkish citizens." Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun addressed the participants with a video message at the panel titled "Ukraine Crisis and the Future of NATO" held by the Directorate of Communications in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Noting that Türkiye has been a...

Making a speech at the 2021-2022 Academic Year Report Card Distribution Ceremony, President Erdoğan said: “We are in a multifaceted struggle to raise the quality of education, make education more widespread and achieve equality of opportunity in education. We have always allocated to education the lion’s share in all the budgets prepared by our governments. We have inaugurated in our 81 provinces a large number of educational institutions from kindergartens to primary schools, from secondary schools to high schools and universities.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the 2021-2022 Academic Year Report Card Distribution Ceremony in Istanbul. Making a...

Addressing AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan said: “Our 12-month export volume has exceeded $243 billion as of May. Let me remind you that Türkiye has reached this point from a yearly export volume of $36 billion.”  President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the extended meeting of the party’s provincial heads in Ankara. Underscoring that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the humanity had been going through the gravest and the most widespread crisis of its history for the past two and a half years, President Erdoğan noted that T�...

Director of Communications Altun said, "TRT Balkan will explain and communicate our country’s arguments, struggle, and pursuit of truth to the Balkans in the most accurate and competent manner," in his speech at the TRT Balkan Digital News Platform Launch Event. Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun began his speech by wishing that the project would bring kindness and beauty to Türkiye, the region and the whole world, and said, "TRT Balkan’s human-centred broadcasting approach will contribute to regional and global peace and stability." Stating that the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) followed three fundamental...

President Erdoğan: “We have taken and will continue to take very strong measures to protect our citizens from this extreme increase.” In a post he shared on his social media account, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “The increase in the prices of all energy resources from oil to natural gas and coal all over the world has disrupted the balance in all spheres, from daily life to industrial production. We have taken and will continue to take very strong measures to protect our citizens from this extreme increase.” Stating that the increase in the prices of all energy...