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President Erdoğan: "We must enter into a very different process in our region with the countries with which we share the same beliefs and thoughts. This is a process of making friends, not making enemies." On the plane back from Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists' questions on the agenda and said, "(With Saudi Arabia) we agreed that we need to reactivate a great economic potential with organisations that will bring together both countries' businesspeople and investors." Expressing that they successfully completed their visit upon the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned from Jeddah to İstanbul following his talks in Saudi Arabia. President Erdoğan was welcomed at the Atatürk Airport by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Deputy Governor of İstanbul Mehmet Ali Özyiğit, Lieutenant General and Commander of the 3rd Corps Levent Ergün, AK Party İstanbul Provincial Chairman Osman Nuri Kabaktepe and Municipal Council of İstanbul 1st Deputy Speaker Zeynel Abidin Okul. First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ, Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri...

Regarding his visit to Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “We believe that it is in our joint interest to boost our cooperation with Saudi Arabia in such areas as healthcare, energy, food security, agricultural technologies, defence industry and finance." In a post he shared on his social media accounts, President Erdoğan recalled that he came to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and added: “We paid a visit to Saudi Arabia upon the invitation of Hadimu'l Haremeyn (the Servant of Mecca and Medina). As two brotherly countries...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah to hold talks at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.  President Erdoğan was welcomed at King Abdulaziz International Airport by Emir of Makkah Khaled Al-Faisal, Türkiye’s Ambassador to Riyadh Fatih Ulusoy, Türkiye’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mehmet Metin Eker and other officials. First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, Minister...

Speaking at a press conference before leaving for Saudi Arabia, President Erdoğan said: “My visit reflects our joint will to start a new era of cooperation as the two brotherly countries.”  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul before his departure for Saudi Arabia.  Describing Ramadan as a month of revitalizing and consolidating the ties of solidarity, friendship and brotherhood as well as fasting, President Erdoğan stated: “With this approach, Türkiye has been working sincerely in order to make peace prevail in our region, resolve problems through...

The exchange which took place yesterday between Russia and the US in Türkiye and the latest developments with regard to the war in Ukraine were discussed during the call.  President Putin thanked President Erdoğan for the exchange of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko and former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, which took place yesterday in Türkiye under the coordination and supervision of the National Intelligence Organization.  President Erdoğan highlighted the significance of Türkiye's mediation in the exchange in terms of symbolizing the importance the country attaches to peace, dialogue and cooperation as well as...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Saudi Arabia on April 28-29, 2022 at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. All aspects of the relations between Türkiye and Saudi Arabia will be reviewed, and steps aimed at enhancing the cooperation between the two countries will be discussed at the talks to be held as part of the visit. Besides bilateral relations, views on regional and international matters will be exchanged. Respectfully announced to the public. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/speeches-statements/558/136691/president-erdogan-to-visit-saudi-arabia

Speaking at an iftar with representatives of the National Will Platform, President Erdoğan said: “The greatest leap forward in democracy and development in Türkiye after the foundation of the Republic has taken place over the past 20 years.”  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at an iftar dinner with representatives of the National Will Platform. “WE WILL BUILD TÜRKİYE’S FUTURE TOGETHER” Voicing his pleasure to host his guests, President Erdoğan said: “We made the recent history in Türkiye together. Inshallah, we will complete the building of Türkiye’s future together...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a post on his social media account on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr. President Erdoğan said: "I congratulate our Laylat al-Qadr, which is heralded as more auspicious than a thousand months, and I pray that Allah will grant us the benevolence, mercy, grace, forgiveness, kindness and generosity of these blessed days. May our Laylat al-Qadr be blessed."