Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued on Easter:
“I congratulate our Christian citizens on Easter.
We continue to keep alive our features of unity, solidarity and brotherhood on the Anatolian lands, where different faiths, cultures and traditions have from the past to the present lived in peace and tranquility.
We see each and every one of our citizens under the roof of the Republic of Türkiye as a unique value of this great nation, and walk together shoulder to shoulder towards a stronger and more prosperous future.
On the occasion of Easter, I wish well-being to our Christian citizens and all the Christians in the world.”