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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia. Regional issues as well as steps to advance Türkiye-Serbia relations were discussed during the call.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia The call addressed steps to further enhance the Türkiye-Russia relations. President Erdoğan thanked his Russian counterpart for sending five more Ilyushin II-76 firefighting planes with a capacity of 40 tons of water and three more Mil Mi-8 firefighting helicopters to support Türkiye in its fight against the forest fires. President Putin, for his part, wished a speedy recovery to President Erdoğan for the forest fires.

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "All relevant state institutions are working to combat both the fire and such systematic disinformation and perception management operations. Those who wish to provoke our nation by hiding behind fake accounts will undoubtedly be held to account before the law." In a statement on his social media account, Director of Communications Altun stated that some malicious forces had increased their attempted dose of systematic disinformation, provocation, and perception management operations, particularly on social media, by capitalising on the wildfires that tore everyone's hearts apart and against which the state effectively fought with all...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Mete Gazoz to congratulate him on winning Türkiye's first-ever gold medal in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. President Erdoğan contacted the national archer through Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, who is now in Tokyo, Japan's capital, observing the 32nd Summer Olympic Games. President Erdoğan congratulated Mete Gazoz, saying, “You pulled at our heartstrings. You brought history back to life. You've made history as an archer grandson of the Turkish nation. As I watched you unleash the final arrow, my eyes welled up....

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed that the areas affected by the wildfires in Antalya, Muğla, Mersin, Adana and Osmaniye were declared “Disaster Areas Affecting General Life.” “We will continue to take all necessary steps to heal our nation’s wounds, compensate for its losses and improve their means even further than before,” President Erdoğan said in a post he shared on his social media account. Stating that the regions affected by wildfires were declared “Disaster Areas Affecting General Life” by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), President Erdoğan noted the following: “I extend my best...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau at Vahdettin Mansion.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Grand Çamlıca Mosque in Istanbul. The President answered reporters’ questions following the prayer. “INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INTO THE FOREST FIRES” With reference to the forest fires in various parts of Turkey, President Erdoğan underlined that the investigations were continuing into the fires that had simultaneously erupted in different regions of the country. Stressing that all the relevant ministers and officials had immediately been dispatched to the regions affected by the fires, President Erdoğan noted that 45 helicopters, five or six planes, 1080 water tenders, 280 water trucks, 2270 first responder vehicles, 660 bulldozers, one...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with the Head of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohammad Younes Menfi. Türkiye-Libya relations and regional developments, particularly Tunisia, were discussed during the call.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria. Regional issues, particularly Türkiye-Algeria relations and the developments in Tunisia were discussed during the call.