Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday expressed condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over this week’s deadly submarine fire that killed 14 crew members. In a phone conversation, Erdogan also offered his condolences to the families of the crew and the Russian people over the disaster, said Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate. According to a statement, Erdogan and Putin also discussed bilateral relations and regional issues as well as the latest developments in Libya. On July 1, a fire broke out on a naval deep-sea research vessel in the Barents Sea, taking the lives of 14 servicemen, including seven...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his support Friday for Libya’s UN-recognized government, said presidential sources. Erdogan met with the head of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and discussed bilateral relations between Turkey and Libya, recent developments in the North African country and regional issues. The president also said that he supported al-Sarraj for peace and stability in Libya. He also called for an end to attacks by the illegal militia loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar. In early April, Haftar, who commands forces loyal to a rival government based...
Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the National Defense University, President Erdoğan said: “Our foreign dependency rate in defense industry was about 80% 17 years ago. That is to say, we were able to produce ourselves only 20% of the defense industry products we needed. Overcoming major obstacles, difficulties and sabotages, we have increased the rate of domestic production in defense industry to around 70%.” "We are a nation that has established the most powerful militaries and the largest states in history” “Wars, and the destructions, sufferings and losses they cause, are a reality which is never desired but one should always be...
Answering reporters’ questions after performing the Friday prayer in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said a trilateral summit will be held in Turkey in late August or early September with the participation of Turkey, Russia and Iran, and that relevant issues, Idlib in particular, will be discussed during the summit. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions on his way out of the Hazrat Ali Mosque in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, where he performed the Friday prayer. Answering a question on the explosion that took place in a vehicle in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay, said it is obvious...
The Presidential Cabinet convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/106931/presidential-cabinet-convenes-under-the-chairmanship-of-president-erdogan
Turkey's President Erdogan says that he is open to mediating talks between Washington and Tehran to deescalate tensions and find a common ground to solve the problems. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that he's willing to accept an offer to mediate talks between Iran and the US to ease rising tension in the Middle East. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts failed to find a common ground in de-escalating tensions between the US and Iran. Speaking to reporters on his way back to Turkey, President Erdogan stressed that none of the leaders were enthusiastic on discussing how...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun stated that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chinese President Xi Jinping decided that harmonization between Turkey's "Middle Corridor" and China's "Belt and Road Initiative" should be accelerated, thus the connection between the historical Silk Road’s west and east gates would be strengthened. On his Twitter account, Altun said that President Erdoğan visited China as the official guest of the President of the People's Republic of China, and following the CICA Dushanbe Summit and G20 Osaka Summit, the two leaders met for the third time in a month. Noting that...
Speaking at the 8th International Students’ Graduation Ceremony in Ankara, President Erdoğan said: “We should all together work without rest until we build a global order where conscience, ethics, mercy and justice prevail. Only in this way can we leave next generations a legacy for which we will be remembered with gratitude.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the Türkiye Scholarships and 8th International Students’ Graduation Ceremony. President Erdoğan, underscoring that there is no challenge that unity and solidarity cannot overcome during a period when the world witnesses political, trade and military struggles...
Regarding the ‘The Network’ documentary, the first preview of which was screened in Brussels, Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: “The Network documentary prepared by TRT World, depicts FETÖ's insidious network by uncovering the establishment of this sneaky terrorist organization abroad under various masks and draws attention to the threats that it poses to the international community." On his Twitter account, Altun said: “We continue to tell the dark and bloody face of FETÖ to the whole world." Altun stated that ‘The Network’ documentary, which explains the real face of FETÖ, that poses a threat to...