Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced on Sunday his support for the mothers protesting against the PKK terrorists in the southeast Turkey. Speaking during the meeting with imam hatip students in eastern Malatya province, Erdogan said the government does its best to eliminate the terrorists. Number of families in the southeastern Diyarbakir province launched a sit-in protest outside the provincial office of a Turkish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) -- long accused by the government of having links to the PKK terror group. The mothers -- who claim their children were kidnapped by the PKK affiliates -- want to save...
News
Turkey will sort out the formation of a safe zone in the east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria in few weeks, the Turkish president said Saturday. "Now there is the east of the Euphrates on our agenda. I hope that in a few weeks, one way or another, but surely we will sort it out," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during an event with his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's members in central Eskisehir province. Joint Turkish-U.S. ground patrols for a planned safe zone in northern Syria are set to begin on Sunday, according to Turkey’s...
The Turkish president said Saturday he will attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito slated for Oct. 22. “We will attend the enthronement ceremony of the emperor in Japan on Oct. 21-22,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told at the opening ceremony of Odunpazari Modern Art Museum in central Eskisehir province. On May 1, Japanese Emperor Naruhito acceded the throne after his father and former Emperor Akihito abdicated a day earlier. Erdogan also said on the location of the museum that Odunpazari is included in UNESCO's temporary list of World Heritage sites, and added that Eskisehir is one of the best destinations...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated İTÜ Abdülhakim Sancak Mosque in Istanbul following the Friday prayer. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109535/president-erdogan-inaugurates-itu-abdulhakim-sancak-mosque
Turkey will start to apply its own plan of action by the end of September to establish a safe zone in northern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, Turkey’s president said Thursday. "Turkey is determined to actively initiate formation of a safe zone in Syria along the eastern line of the Euphrates River in its own way by the last week of September," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a meeting of provincial heads of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the capital Ankara. Turkish and U.S. military officials reached an agreement on Aug. 7 that a planned...
Turkey is now a more successful country in the financial management which makes it much a stronger economy, Turkish president said on Wednesday. "I am allergic to interest, I am against high interest. The interest rate has currently started to fall again, inflation has also fallen, and policy interest rate will fall further," Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said at Central Anatolia Economic Forum in central Sivas province. For the growth rate plan of 2020, Erdogan said: "I set a target growth rate for 2020, we will definitely plan the growth rate as 5%." "Some have missiles with nuclear warheads, not one or two. But...
Speaking at an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Sivas Congress, President Erdoğan said: “The decisions taken at the Sivas Congress represent the independence manifesto our nation declared to the entire world in its most difficult times. A century later, we once again say that mandate and tutelage are totally unacceptable; within the national borders, our homeland is a whole and cannot be divided.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Sivas Congress. “I pray the Lord that the 100th anniversary of the Sivas Congress, one of the...
Syria's Idlib faces gradual devastation, just like the Aleppo city of the war-torn country, Turkish president said on Tuesday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks came at a press conference following a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis at the presidential complex in Ankara, Turkey’s capital. "Turkey is not expelling and closing its doors to refugees, but we will be happy if we can help the establishment of a safe zone [in Syria]," Erdogan said. Last Saturday, Turkish president said in Istanbul that Turkey will apply its own plan of action, if Turkish soldiers are not allowed to control safe...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the Czech Republic at the Presidential Complex. Prior to their meeting, President Erdoğan welcomed Prime Minister Babiš into the Presidential Complex with an official ceremony. After the national anthems of Turkey and the Czech Republic were played and 21-gun-salute was fired, Prime Minister Babiš inspected the guard of honor. Following the ceremony, the two leaders posed for the press and headed inside the Presidential Complex to hold their meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109488/prime-minister-babi-of-the-czech-republic-at-the-presidential-complex