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Director of Communications Altun: "TRT, which inspires confidence and brightens our hearts with its broadcast content, is also one of the means of strengthening our ties with our citizens around the world and our brothers and sisters in the geography dear to our hearts.” Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun sent a congratulatory message to Director-General Mehmet Zahid Sobacı on the occasion of the 58th foundation anniversary of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). Noting that TRT, which he congratulated on its anniversary, continues to be a pioneering institution that safeguards national, moral, and cultural values...

Issuing a message on Eid al-Fitr, President Erdoğan said: “I thank the Lord since he has enabled us, as the nation, to reach this Eid al-Fitr as well in good health and well-being. Eids are exceptional days when we consolidate our unity and solidarity; when we revitalize our eternal brotherhood.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message and congratulated all citizens on Eid al-Fitr. “I hope the Eid may lead to peace, serenity and well-being for our country and nation as well as for the Islamic world and the whole humanity. On the one hand, it saddens us...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar. The call addressed the Türkiye-Qatar relations and regional developments. The two leaders reiterated their determination to maintain close cooperation and dialogue regarding the Türkiye-Qatar relations and regional matters.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman. The call addressed steps that would strengthen the Türkiye-Oman relations and regional matters. President Erdoğan highlighted the importance Türkiye attached to enhancing cooperation with Oman in all areas.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The developments regarding the war in Ukraine were discussed during the call. UN Secretary-General Guterres briefed President Erdoğan on his contacts in Moscow and Kyiv. President Erdoğan stated that Türkiye stood ready to support the UN-led efforts with regard to humanitarian assistance, evacuations and humanitarian contact group. Noting that they would continue to suggest both Ukraine and Russia to act with constraint and on the basis of reconciliation, President Erdoğan said that they would continue with determination and sincerity their efforts...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the opening ceremony of Pınarhisar and Çakıllı beltways. Voicing his wish for Pınarhisar and Çakıllı beltways to lead to auspicious outcomes for Türkiye and the region, President Erdoğan said that the beltways were one of the most important sections of the 71-kilometer project that would connect the province of Kırklareli to organized industrial zones and European Free Zone via the district of Saray. Underscoring that most parts of these roads on this route, which he noted was one of Türkiye’s leading production and...

President Erdoğan: "We must enter into a very different process in our region with the countries with which we share the same beliefs and thoughts. This is a process of making friends, not making enemies." On the plane back from Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists' questions on the agenda and said, "(With Saudi Arabia) we agreed that we need to reactivate a great economic potential with organisations that will bring together both countries' businesspeople and investors." Expressing that they successfully completed their visit upon the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned from Jeddah to İstanbul following his talks in Saudi Arabia. President Erdoğan was welcomed at the Atatürk Airport by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Deputy Governor of İstanbul Mehmet Ali Özyiğit, Lieutenant General and Commander of the 3rd Corps Levent Ergün, AK Party İstanbul Provincial Chairman Osman Nuri Kabaktepe and Municipal Council of İstanbul 1st Deputy Speaker Zeynel Abidin Okul. First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ, Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri...

Regarding his visit to Saudi Arabia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “We believe that it is in our joint interest to boost our cooperation with Saudi Arabia in such areas as healthcare, energy, food security, agricultural technologies, defence industry and finance." In a post he shared on his social media accounts, President Erdoğan recalled that he came to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and added: “We paid a visit to Saudi Arabia upon the invitation of Hadimu'l Haremeyn (the Servant of Mecca and Medina). As two brotherly countries...