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Directorate of Communications releases special video-clip on martyred Eren Bülbül

Directorate of Communications commemorated Eren Bülbül, who was martyred by the PKK terrorists three years ago. Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a video-clip, prepared especially for Eren Bülbül, on his Twitter account. The video-clip also features two poems previously read by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the photos depicting martyr Eren Bülbül and his mother Ayşe Bülbül.

Defence Industry Executive Committee convenes under President Erdoğan’s chairmanship

The Defence Industry Executive Committee convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The meeting at the Presidential Complex lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.   "Defence Industry Executive Committee informed that Turkey would resolutely continue on its path towards fully independent defence industry".   At the meeting, where developments in the defence industry were discussed, various projects related to electronic warfare, cyber security, communications, weapons, ammunition, missiles and various platforms were concluded in order to add new domestic and national systems to the ones that have already been in use by the Turkish Armed Forces and security units. It...

President Erdoğan receives Foreign Affairs Minister Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov and Minister of Defense Colonel General Hasanov Zakir Asgar Oglu of Azerbaijan at the Presidential Complex. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar were also present at the meeting.  https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/120788/president-erdogan-receives-foreign-affairs-minister-jeyhun-bayramov-of-azerbaijan

“Turkey will continue to implement its own plans both on the ground and in diplomacy”

Addressing the nation following the Presidential Cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan referred to Ankara’s response to attempts that disregard Turkey’s rights in the Aegean and Mediterranean as one of the top agenda items of the cabinet meeting, and said: “We will definitely not consent to the attempts which ignore such a giant land of 780 thousand square meters as Turkey and seek to confine us to our coasts over the islands of just a few square meters. No country in the world would succumb to such a ridiculous and baseless request.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the nation...

President Erdoğan: “The value of our healthcare investments has been understood very well during the pandemic”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated at the Inauguration Ceremony of Kocaeli University Health Facilities and Research Centers that Kocaeli University's Oncology Hospital and Rehabilitation Center would be opened along with three medical centers.   Noting that the center actively contributed to the PCR testing services carried out in the region in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, President Erdoğan wished the health facilities with a total investment of 147 million TL to be auspicious and congratulated those who contributed to the construction of the buildings.   "We have witnessed that the healthcare systems of many...

President Erdoğan meets with members of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey’s (TÜBİTAK) Covid-19 Turkey Platform

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the members of TÜBİTAK Covid-19 Turkey Platform.   President Erdoğan visited the facilities after the Inauguration Ceremony for TÜBİTAK Centers of Excellence.   Erdoğan then returned to the ceremonial ground and met with the members of TÜBİTAK Covid-19 Turkey Platform. The meeting was held closed to the press.   Speaking for a minute, each member explained the developments in domestic and national pharmaceutical production. President Erdoğan gave the order to bring the issue to the agenda at the Cabinet Meeting to be held tomorrow...

“We have made significant progress in our projects to develop vaccines and drugs for COVID-19”

Speaking at the opening ceremony of TUBITAK’s Centers of Excellence, President Erdoğan highlighted Turkey’s efforts against COVID-19, and said: “We have made significant progress in our projects to develop vaccines and drugs for COVID-19 in cooperation with the private sector, universities and the state. We rank third right after the U.S. and China in the WHO’s list of countries developing local vaccine. The COVID-19 Turkey Platform, led by TUBITAK, currently runs eight different projects for vaccine and 10 different projects for drug.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of TUBITAK...

Altun: “The fight for freedom in the fields of foreign policy, economy, and security has transformed Turkey into a global actor”

Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun gave a speech at the opening of the university preferences event, TercihFest (PreferFest), organized online in collaboration with Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul Technical University, and Health Sciences University. Noting that the world at present is very different from 20 years ago, Altun stated that the change and transformation of the world are reflected in the application areas and theories of social sciences as well as in the social world. Stating that instead of paradigms such as “end of history”, “liberal globalization”, “globalization” of the 1990s, “trade” and “culture wars” and even “hot war” were...