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Statement regarding the claim “Aruri was deported by Türkiye”

The claim in some media outlets, "Israeli press: Türkiye bowed to US pressure and deported senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri," is not true. It has been revealed that the news in question was fabricated by quoting unfounded claims in the Israeli media in 2015.   In an effort to manipulate public opinion, these false claims, which originated in the press in 2015 and are the product of an Israeli propaganda campaign, are presented as if they are current. The claims circulating in recent weeks that "Türkiye is deporting Hamas leaders" have been refuted by the Directorate of Communications’ Center for...

Director of Communications Altun shares post on operations aimed at Israeli intelligence

Presidency’s Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, shared a post on his social media account about the operations carried out by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Turkish National Police against Israeli intelligence. In his post, Director of Communications Altun shared an excerpt from the statement made by President Erdoğan to journalists on December 6, 2023, on his return from Qatar upon being reminded of the news in the US Wall Street Journal that "Israel plans to assassinate Hamas members living outside Palestine, including Türkiye". Altun shared the following words of President Erdoğan: ...

“Our exports in 2023 have broken the Republican era record”

Announcing the 2023 foreign trade figures, President Erdoğan said: “Our exports have broken the Republican era record, reaching 255 billion 809 million dollars in 2023 with a 0.6 percent increase compared to the previous year. With this figure, we have surpassed even the 255 billion dollars target laid out in the Medium Term Programme.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the foreign trade figures of 2023 during an event in Ankara. Expressing his happiness to be coming together, on the first workday of the new year, with exporters and the pioneers of the business community who work selflessly to promote trade and make sure Turkish products...

Statement regarding disinformation about UK mine hunting ships

The claim in some media outlets that "mine-hunting ships donated to Ukraine by the United Kingdom were allowed to pass through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea" is not true. Türkiye immediately classified Russia's special military operation against Ukraine as "war" and, in accordance with Article 19 of the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits, closed the Straits to warships of the belligerent parties (Russia and Ukraine). Türkiye, which has implemented the Montreux Convention impartially and diligently since 1936, maintains its unwavering determination and principled stance throughout this war to prevent the escalation of tension in the...

New year message from Director of Communications Altun

In his new year message on social media, Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun remarked that while we are putting 2023 behind by sharing it together, we are enjoying the thrill of walking into a new year with hope and excitement.    Reiterating that the earthquakes, which were described as "heart-wrenching" and "the disaster of the century," occurred on February 6, Altun used the following expressions:     "Unfortunately, we witnessed the massacre of tens of thousands of innocent civilians in Palestine before the eyes of the entire world. I pray for Allah's mercy on our citizens who perished for...

President Erdoğan’s Message on New Year

Following is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s new year message: “My glorious nation, I greet you all with love from the bottom of my heart. Tonight, we are completing 2023 and stepping into 2024. I wish that the new year will lead to auspicious outcomes for our country, nation and the whole humanity. In fact, we believe that every year should be marked with joy, hope and enthusiasm. However, we are entering this year in a bitter manner due to the unpleasant incidents in both our region and the world as well as to our martyrs we lost recently. Obviously, we...

“Türkiye’s climate of culture and arts will definitely reach the level it deserves”

Addressing the Necip Fazıl Awards Ceremony, President Erdoğan said: “We have spent the last 21 years fighting the voluntary legionnaires of the west who, even though living here, call out to us from Paris, London or Washington and even from Qandil or Pennsylvania. Just like other fights, we will inshallah emerge victorious from this fight as well. Türkiye’s climate of culture and arts will definitely reach the level it deserves.”   President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the Necip Fazıl Awards Ceremony at the Atatürk Cultural Center.   Noting that the awards...

Director of Communications Altun: “We will continue our struggle for the truth for the children of Palestine who cannot grow up”

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a post on his social media account regarding "Bulletproof Dreams: Gaza Child Artists Exhibition". Director of Communications Altun stated the following in his post: “With the honour of First Lady Emine Erdoğan, we have opened the "Bulletproof Dreams: Gaza Child Artists" exhibition prepared by our Directorate of Communications, which includes belongings left behind by Gaza children, the majority of whom are no longer alive, who grew up between life and death under Israeli oppression for years. We have staged our exhibition, which includes 266 artworks left to us by the children of Gaza....