President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “It is a source of pride for us to see the increasing potential of Turkish in all areas from education to culture, from commerce to communication. We will continue to uphold our Turkish language with an understanding that embraces all the richness of our language.” President Erdoğan issued a message on the occasion of the September 26, Turkish Language Day. Stating that Turkish, one of the most time-honoured and widespread languages of the world, demonstrated its value, richness, and exclusivity with different patois and dialects today in broad geography, President Erdoğan said that...
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The written statement, issued after the National Security Council (NSC) meeting chaired by President Erdoğan, read: “The countries, which are engaged in activities that contravene international law and agreements, first and foremost the militarization of the islands with non-military status, were called on to act with commonsense; and it was stated that Turkey is in favor of dialogue as a priority and on every platform for fair sharing of natural resources in the region.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Complex. It was stated in the written statement issued after the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov of Kyrgyzstan over the phone. During the conversation, steps to deepen relations and strengthen cooperation between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan were discussed, and regional developments were evaluated.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is chairing the meeting of the National Security Council at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/122160/national-security-council-convenes-under-president-erdogan-s-chairmanship
The “International Conference on Eastern Mediterranean” where Turkey’s vision of equity and cooperation in the Mediterranean and its effects on the international system were discussed, was held by the Directorate of Communications. The keynote speech of the video conference was delivered by the Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun. Pointing out that the Eastern Mediterranean had been called many things in recent years, Altun said, “Some former colonial empires see it as the birthplace of their new empires. Others consider it ‘the next global flash point’. For Turkey, the Eastern Mediterranean represents part of our Blue Homeland.” Indicating that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. During the meeting, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey-NATO relations were evaluated. During the conversation, President Erdoğan stated that Turkey clearly sets forth, not only through rhetoric but also through actions that it stands with decreasing the tension and dialogue in the Eastern Mediterranean issue. Underlining that despite Greece’s escalation of the tension and provocations, Turkey stands firm in its discreet and nonchalant attitude, President Erdoğan expressed that at this point, the course of the declared exploratory talks...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a video-conference with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The video-conference in which Turkey-EU relations and regional developments were discussed lasted for approximately 40 minutes. During the conversation, President Erdoğan indicated that at the heart of the Eastern Mediterranean issue lied Greece’s and Greek Cypriots’ desire to disregard the rights of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots through their maximalist claims. Addressing that Turkey who has been an advocate of dialogue for the settlement of disputes since the very beginning was ready for exploratory talks, President Erdoğan expressed his wish for...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron. During the phone call held upon French President Macron’s request, the relations between Turkey and France as well as between Turkey and the EU were discussed and regional developments including particularly the Eastern Mediterranean were addressed. President Erdoğan indicated during the conversation that the ignorance of the legitimate rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean was the reason for the tension in the region, and stated that he failed to understand France’s support for the maximalist claims and steps...
Addressing the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Erdoğan said that Turkey does not have designs on anyone else’s right, remedy and legitimate interests, neither in the Eastern Mediterranean nor in any other region, and added: “However, we cannot turn a blind eye on the violation of the rights of our country and the Turkish Cypriots and to the fact that our interests are being ignored. Our priority is to settle disputes in a sincere dialogue, based on international law and on an equitable basis.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the 75th...