President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the National Women's Goalball Team, which won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. President Erdoğan spoke by phone with the National Team, which won the gold medal at the Paralympic Games for the second time in a row, via the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, who was in Tokyo. Congratulating the national athletes, President Erdoğan said, "You have brought us tremendous joy. You have made us proud, particularly with your victory against the United States. I wish you continued success in the future." Sevda Altunoluk, the...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the appointment ceremony of teachers. Delivering a speech at the ceremony held at Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, President Erdoğan, underscoring that the average class size in Turkey, which had once been some 30, was now 22 that nearly corresponded to the OECD’s average class size, said: “Today, the average class size at elementary schools in Turkey are lower than that of in such countries as the UK, Australia and France, and are nearly at the same level as in Germany and the US. In the similar vein, with the appointments we made, we...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun commemorated Pilot Captain Cengiz Topel with mercy and gratitude. Topel was the first air force martyr in the history of the Republic, who was martyred in 1964 as a result of the downing of his plane by the Greek Cypriots during the flight of the Turkish Air Forces in Cyprus. Altun shared the video prepared by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications about Cengiz Topel on his Twitter account. The video pointed out that after the foundation of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960, the persecution and oppression against the Turkish people on the island increased and...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the National Men's Volleyball Team, which defeated Russia 3-1 in the first game of the 2021 European Championship Group C. After the game, President Erdoğan spoke by phone with Ahmet Göksu, Vice President of the Turkish Volleyball Federation, and Nedim Özbey, Head Coach of the National Men's Volleyball Team. Congratulating Göksu on the victory against Russia, President Erdoğan asked for his greetings to be conveyed personally to the players. In response, Vice-President Göksu said, "As long as you are our leader, inshallah, we will have many victories." Later during President...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s special message was integrated into Akıncı UCAV’s embedded software. Akıncı UCAVs, designed and developed nationally and originally, will be deployed for all their missions by the software in which Erdoğan's message is embedded, addressing future generations and leaving a mark in history. President Erdoğan's special message was integrated into the software embedded in the flight control computer of the Bayraktar Akıncı UCAV before its debut flight on December 6, 2019. The embedded software also included a translation of the message into "hex code" in computer language. Bayraktar Akıncı UCAVs...
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, President Erdoğan said: “The second quarter’s growth figures announced today have once again proven the Turkish economy’s dynamism, production potential and endurance. The Turkish economy grew by 21.7 per cent in the second quarter and became the second fastest growing economy in the world.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the Graduation Ceremony of the Officers and Noncommissioned Officers of the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy. “THE SECOND QUARTER’S GROWTH FIGURES HAVE ONCE AGAIN PROVEN THE TURKISH ECONOMY’S DYNAMISM” Stating that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan. The call addressed steps to further advance the Türkiye-Uzbekistan relations and regional matters. President Erdoğan congratulated Uzbekistan on the 30th anniversary of its independence. Noting that Türkiye took pride in being first to recognize the independence of Uzbekistan and to open an embassy in Tashkent, President Erdoğan said that this year also marked the 25th anniversary of the Agreement on Eternal Friendship and Cooperation between Türkiye and Uzbekistan. President Erdoğan expressed his pleasure over the quickly deepening of the...
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the new judicial year, President Erdoğan said: “In the new judicial year, we will accelerate our judicial reform efforts which will relieve both our justice system and our nation. With the awareness that humanity’s pursuit of justice will go on forever, we will incessantly continue our efforts.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the new judicial year. “WE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT ALIVE OUR WILL FOR REFORM IN JUSTICE” “In the new judicial year, we will accelerate our judicial reform efforts which will relieve both our...
Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun announced that Türkiye's economy grew at a historic rate of 21.7 percent in the second quarter of the year, the highest quarterly rate in the Republic's history. In the post he shared on his social media account, Director of Communications Altun said, "Despite all the economic fluctuations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that affected the whole world, Türkiye's economy grew at a historic rate of 21.7 percent in the second quarter of the year, the highest quarterly rate in the Republic's history." Pointing out that service, industry, information and communication, social services, construction, agriculture,...