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President Erdoğan: “We continue our efforts to ensure the D-8 takes the place it deserves among international bodies”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “As Türkiye, we continue our efforts to ensure the D-8, whose secretariat we host and whose term presidency we held for 3.5 years, takes the place it deserves among international bodies.” President Erdoğan sent a written message to the opening of the international summit themed “A New World with D-8” organised by the Necmettin Erbakan Foundation at the Çırağan Palace Kempinski Mabeyn Hall. In his message, wishing that the meeting would be auspicious for the country, the nation, the Islamic world and all humanity, and remembering Prof. Necmettin Erbakan, the founder of...

President Erdoğan welcomed with official ceremony in Shusha

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was welcomed by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan with an official ceremony in Shusha, the symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was liberated from Armenian occupation after 28 years. Following the official welcoming ceremony, the two leaders proceeded to their tête-à-tête.   https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/128332/president-erdogan-welcomed-with-official-ceremony-in-shusha

President Erdoğan meets with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is on his way from Baku to Shusha for his official visit, met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the city of Fuzuli. Leaving Baku for Shusha early in the morning, President Erdoğan met with President Aliyev during a stopover in Fuzuli. The two leaders chatted for a while and left for Shusha in the same vehicle. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/128327/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-aliyev-of-azerbaijan

President Erdoğan presents the book “Türkiye’s Fight Against Terrorism” to leaders at NATO Summit

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the book "Türkiye's Fight Against Terrorism", prepared in English by the Directorate of Communications, to the leaders he met at the NATO Summit. President Erdoğan, who arrived in Belgium to attend the NATO Summit, held bilateral meetings with the heads of state and government on the sidelines of the summit. President Erdoğan presented the book "Türkiye's Fight Against Terrorism", which details Türkiye's fight against terrorist organizations such as YPG/PKK, FETO, and DAESH, to US President Joe Biden, with whom he met during the summit, as well as UK...

“NATO should undertake more effective initiatives in the face of global challenges”

Holding a press conference after NATO Leaders’ Summit, President Erdoğan said: “Member states should stick by the founding principles and strengthen the Alliance. The Alliance should assume an active role wherever the security umbrella of NATO is needed, from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Europe to Asia. It is an era of sharing the burden, not of evading responsibilities. NATO should undertake more effective initiatives particularly in the face of global challenges.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference following NATO Leaders’ Summit. Stating that the world is going through a period during which drastic changes...

President Erdoğan meets with President Biden of the US

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Brussels for NATO Leaders’ Summit, met with President Joe Biden of the US. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/128304/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-biden-of-the-us

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications holds interview titled “Türkiye and NATO” as part of NATO Summit

An interview titled “Türkiye and NATO” was held by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications with the participation of experts as part of the NATO Summit in Brussels. Amanda Paul, Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre (EPC), answered questions in an interview titled “Türkiye and NATO” organised by the Directorate of Communications. Being recalled of the Covid-19 pandemic and the presidential election in the U.S, Paul answered the question “How do you think these 18 months changed NATO?” as follows: “NATO is going through a transformation that actually predates the last 18 months.” Pointing out that the...