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Meeting of the Ministers and High Officials in charge of Information and Media of the Turkic Council will be held in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, on April 10, 2021. The delegation from Türkiye, chaired by the Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, will be joined by Erkan Zoral, Türkiye's Ambassador to Baku, and Serdar Karagöz, Board Chairman and Director-General of Anadolu Agency (AA). Meeting of Ministers and High Officials in charge of Information and Media of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) will take place in Baku tomorrow with the participation of Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,...

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun expressed the following in response to Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi’s statement targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: "We strongly condemn this rhetoric which has no place in diplomacy. If Mario Draghi is looking for a dictator, he should look no further than Italy's history." Director of Communications Altun stated the following in a post he shared on his social media account in Turkish and Italian: ''Italy's appointed Prime Minister went too far when he called Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whom the Turkish people elected as president with 52% of the vote,...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan talked with European Champions national weightlifters Muhammed Furkan Özbek and Daniyar Ismayilov on the phone and congratulated them. During the conversation, President Erdoğan congratulated Muhammed Furkan Özbek, who won one bronze and two gold medals, and Daniyar Ismayilov, who won two gold medals, at the European Weightlifting Championships, and wished them continued success.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the Presidential Complex.  Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was also present at the meeting.

In interviews conducted by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, the United Kingdom, Italy, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Australia’s Ambassadors to Ankara commented on Türkiye's fight against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared the interviews where the United Kingdom, Italy, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Australia's ambassadors to Ankara commented on Türkiye's fight against Covid-19. The full versions of the interviews conducted by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications are available on the Directorate's Youtube channel. Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ankara Dominick Chilcott said that looking at the number of people who died, who were...

Addressing the 10th D-8 Summit, President Erdoğan said: “In order to achieve strong and sustainable growth rates, we must focus on hi-tech production with high added value.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the 10th Summit of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation. “WE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC” Stating that the world had been faced with a global challenge due to the coronavirus pandemic over the past year, President Erdoğan said: “The pandemic, which has so far claimed the lives of three million people in 192 countries, has...

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun paid Anadolu Agency's (AA) new Board Chairman and Director General Serdar Karagöz a "congratulatory visit". Karagöz, Deputy Director General and Editor-in-Chief Metin Mutanoğlu and AA Deputy Director-General Mustafa Özkaya welcomed Director of Communications Altun at the entrance of the Directorate General of AA. During his visit, Fahrettin Altun stated that the AA was one of the favourite institutions of Türkiye. Stating that the Agency was one of the most important institutions of Türkiye's media history, Altun underlined that the AA had a significant place among international agencies, befitting...

Addressing AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan said: “We move forward with the determination to develop our country in economy on the basis of investment, production, employment and exportation while taking measures against baseless financial movements. With regard to industry and exportation, we are utilizing all our means to seize the opportunities, presented by the pandemic era.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the extended meeting of the party’s provincial heads. “With every passing day, it is better understood that the world can no longer move forward in the quagmire...

Addressing AK Party’s Parliamentary Group Meeting, President Erdoğan said: “The level we have reached in macroeconomic indicators of course point to an important success; however, we don’t regard it to be sufficient. Given its potential, the Turkish economy will have many more success stories.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the party’s group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). “TURKISH ECONOMY HAS GAINED SIGNIFICANT RESILIENCE AGAINST SHOCKS” Drawing attention to the distance the Turkish economy covered over the past 19 years, President Erdoğan said: “The...