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“Türkiye will assume the place it deserves in the global system”

Addressing youth representatives, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey, which is considered to be the rising star of its region and the world, will inshallah assume the place it deserves in the global system as a leader country of the 21st century once it has successfully completed the critical period it has currently been going through.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a meeting with Youth Representatives held at Beştepe Nation’s Convention and Culture Center on the Occasion of May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day and TRT Sports’ Publicity Event for Young Talents. ...

Director of Communications Altun: “The U.S. statement about our President Erdoğan is a cowardly statement to divert the international attention away from Israel’s crimes against humanity”

Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, “The U.S. statement about our President Erdoğan is a cowardly statement to divert the international attention away from Israel’s crimes against humanity.” In a thread shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Altun reacted to the rootless statement of Ned Price, the Spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State, claiming that “President Erdoğan had anti-Semitic rhetoric”. Emphasizing that the U.S. statement about our President Erdoğan’s remarks on the Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians was “unacceptable”, Altun noted the following: “Those who do not...

President Erdoğan’s Message on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on the occasion of the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day: My august nation, Dear youth, who assure a great and powerful Turkey... May 19, 1919 is the day Ghazi Mustafa Kemal started the National Struggle with the strength he derived from the Turkish nation’s belief in independence. In the fight we waged against the invading imperialist and colonialist forces, our nation rushed forward with an unwavering resolve to rise again in unity and solidarity. The Turkish Nation displayed unprecedented perseverance and courage during the War of Independence,...

“We have taken the pandemic substantially under control thanks to the lockdown measures during Ramadan”

Speaking at a press conference following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: “It is a prime necessity of the responsibility placed upon us by our nation that we put our people’s health before everything else. We have taken the pandemic substantially under control thanks to the partial and full lockdown measures applied during the month of Ramadan.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Complex.   “WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE RARE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO CONTINUE GROWING AMID THE PANDEMIC” Regarding Turkey’s ongoing...

President Erdoğan, Pope Francis talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Pope Francis. During the conversation in which Israel’s attacks against Palestine were discussed, President Erdoğan stated that an atrocity was taking place in Palestine, and that Israel’s attacks concerned not only the Palestinians but all the Muslims, all the Christians and the entire humanity. Underscoring that the occupying Israel, which prevented access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, restricted freedom of worship and massacred innocent civilians in the Palestinian lands, was also trampling on human dignity, President Erdoğan noted that this...

President Erdoğan, President Rouhani of Iran talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. The conversation addressed Türkiye-Iran relations as well as Israel's attacks in Palestine. During the conversation, President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye has reacted to Israel's attacks and oppression in Palestine in the strongest manner and that it continues to do so. Stressing that the international community must give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson regarding the attacks it recklessly carries out, President Erdoğan noted that it is essential for the Islamic world to display unity in words and deeds.

Director of Communications Altun: “Occupying Israel has also inflicted a blow on the freedom of the press”

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that the occupying Israel, which targeted the Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices in Gaza, had also inflicted a blow on the freedom of the press. In the post shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Altun noted, "Israel continues to carry out massacres and commit war crimes. The occupying Israel, which targets the Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices in Gaza, has also inflicted a blow on the freedom of the press. I condemn Israel's heinous attacks on press centres in order to conceal its massacres."