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President Erdoğan attends groundbreaking ceremony of Darulaceze Social Services City

Making a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of Darulaceze Social Services City, President Erdoğan said: “This institution, which embraces all the indigent, that is all those in need, without any discrimination on the basis of faith, race, origin, gender or age, is one of the most beautiful examples of our civilization’s and nation’s view of humanity.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Darulaceze Social Services City in Istanbul’s district of Arnavutköy. Making a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony, President Erdoğan remembered with mercy and gratitude Sultan Aldulhamid II, who...

Presidency’s Director of Communications Altun responds to Swedish Foreign Minister Linde

Director of Communications Altun: “Honesty is the best policy. You look us in the eye and keep lying. You keep supporting the terrorist organization PKK. If Sweden truly considers PKK a terrorist entity, it must do what is necessary. Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun denounced the post Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde shared saying “Sweden was the first government to list PKK as a terrorist organization” by saying “This is disinformation in the name of combating disinformation.” In a post on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Altun responded to a post shared by Swedish Foreign Minister Linde...

President Erdoğan performs Friday prayer in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Hz. Ali Mosque in Istanbul. Following the prayer, President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions. With regard to his meeting with President Iván Duque Márquez of Colombia, President Erdoğan noted that they would discuss the bilateral relations between Türkiye and Colombia as well as such regional matters as the Russia-Ukraine issue, and the drug-trafficking aspect of global terrorism.  In answer to a question on the PKK/YPG terrorist organization’s efforts to stop civilians from returning to the terror-free zones in Syria, President Erdoğan said: “First...

President Erdoğan sends video message to launching ceremony of third vessel of Pakistan MİLGEM Project

President Erdoğan: “The ships, which will be able to perform all kinds of military duties from air defence to submarine defence, will be delivered at six-month intervals beginning in August 2023.” In a video message he sent to the launching ceremony of the third vessel of the Pakistan MİLGEM Project, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “The production process of all these ships, equipped with the most modern weapons and sensor systems developed by our country, continues as planned.” The third vessel of the Pakistan MİLGEM Project, Badr, was launched at the Karachi Dockyard in the Pakistani port...

President Erdoğan attends Debut of Independence Ballads on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with national athletes and youth representatives at the debut of Independence Ballads on the occasion of the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day at Convention and Culture Center of the Grand Ankara Mosque.  “I remember with grace all our martyrs, veterans and heroes who sacrificed their lives without hesitation to make these lands our homeland since the Battle of Manzikert to the War of Independence. I remember with gratitude every single member of our military, from its Commander-in-Chief Ghazi Mustafa Kemal to the privates, who crowned with triumph the fire...

President Erdoğan meets with youth in Ankara

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with youth during an event held at the Nation’s Library in Ankara.  https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/137946/president-erdogan-meets-with-youth-in-ankara#/

Director of Communications Altun’s Message on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun celebrated the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. In the message he shared on his social media account, Altun said, "With determination and our youth, we carry the torch that was lit in Samsun in 1919 to the present and the future, 103 years later. I celebrate the anniversary of our May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day." In the video shared by Director of Communications Altun and produced by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, it is stated that on May 19, 1919, Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk took the first step...

President Erdoğan’s Message on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day: “My august nation, Treasured youth, the hope of our future and assurance of our bright tomorrows… I congratulate you with my sincerest feelings on May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. May 19, gifted to the Turkish youth by Ghazi Mustafa Kemal, was the date when our nation’s love for resolution and independence was proclaimed to the world and when the spirit of resistance inside ourselves was revived. The Turkish nation stood up to the imperialist occupying forces...

“NATO’s enlargement is meaningful to us only to the extent that our sensitivities are respected”

Addressing AK Party’s parliamentary group meeting, President Erdoğan said: “We are the foremost among the countries lending the biggest support to the Alliance’s activities in practice. Yet, this doesn’t mean that we will say ‘yes’ to every proposal brought before us. NATO's enlargement is meaningful to us only to the extent that our sensitivities are respected. Asking us for support for NATO membership while providing every kind of support to the PKK/YPG terrorist organization amounts to incoherence to say the least.” President and Justice and Development Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech...