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Message from President Erdoğan on March 27, World Theatre Day

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “We have increased the number of stages in state theatres from 23 when we took office to 77 today, and the number of supported private theatres from 59 to 328.”  President Erdoğan issued a message on the occasion of March 27, World Theatre Day. In his message, President Erdoğan emphasised that theatre was one of the effective branches of art that brought the audience and the actor together under the same roof around a shared feeling when staging everything about life and people from the past to the present, and added, “Theatrical plays mirroring society and...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s message on Passover

Message by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the occasion of Passover: “I congratulate with my heartfelt feelings our Jewish citizens on the occasion of Pesach, one of the most important religious holidays of Judaism. Upholding the legacy which has been placed on our shoulders by our ancient civilization and which instructs us “to show respect and tolerance towards religious beliefs”, we attach great importance to members of all faiths, whom we have for centuries lived together on these lands in peace and serenity, to exercise their religions and traditions. The unity and solidarity displayed by all the segments of...

President Erdoğan receives Qatar FM Al-Thani

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/126382/president-erdogan-receives-qatar-fm-al-thani

President Erdoğan performs Friday prayer at Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan performed Friday prayer at Kerem Aydınlar Mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after the prayer. Regarding Turkey’s vaccination drive, President Erdoğan stated that the inoculation process will hopefully have been completed between May and June, and said: “We are making our preparations and, in addition to the vaccines we already bought from China, I thoroughly discussed this issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. The first agreement we reached with China was actually for 100 million doses of the Chinese vaccine. 50 million doses were...

President Erdoğan receives Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi at the Presidential Complex. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/126355/president-erdogan-receives-minister-of-foreign-affairs-of-china-wang-yi

President Erdoğan congratulates National Football Team

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with the players of the Turkish National Football Team and congratulated them for defeating the Netherlands 4-2 in the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with the players and the team's coach, Şenol Güneş, via the mobile phone of Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoglu, who met with the players after the game in the locker room. During the call, Turkish Football Federation President Nihat Özdemir accompanied the players.

Congratulatory calls to President Erdoğan

President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received congratulatory calls on the occasion of his re-election to the Chairmanship at the AK Party's 7th Ordinary Grand Congress. President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Mustafa Şentop, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Great Unity Party (BBP) Mustafa Destici, Chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Önder Aksakal, Chairman of the Motherland Party İbrahim Çelebi, the High Advisory Board Chairman of the Felicity Party Oğuzhan Asiltürk, Fener...

“We want a healthy, just and prosperous world for all our friends and the humanity along with ourselves”

Addressing AK Party’s 7th Ordinary Grand Congress, President Erdoğan said: “We want a healthy, just and prosperous world for all our friends and the humanity along with ourselves. We know that the elites of the global system, who built an artificial order of security and wealth for themselves in their glass places, are far away from this understanding. Therefore, we reiterate at every chance we get our assessment and demand that ‘the World is bigger than 5,’ which we have been voicing for a long time.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made...