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Director of Communications Altun shares video on the occasion of the birthday of martyr Ömer Halisdemir

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun commemorated one of the July 15 heroes, the martyr Ömer Halisdemir, with a video prepared on the occasion of his birthday. In the video post shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Altun stated the following: "Ömer Halisdemir, the brave, truthful and iron-hearted son of the motherland, has walked this world. Happy birthday, beautiful man; may Allah bless your soul, great hero... We commemorate with mercy and gratitude."

President Erdoğan: “As Turkey, we believe our common interests with the US far outweigh our differences in opinion”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "As Turkey, we believe our common interests with the US far outweigh our differences in opinion. With this understanding, we want to further strengthen our cooperation with the new American administration through a long-term perspective on a win-win basis. Turkey will continue to do its part in a manner that is worthy of the alliance and strategic partnership between the two countries."  President Erdoğan sent a video message to the special program organised on the occasion of the beginning of the uninterrupted broadcasting of TASC TV, the television channel...

Circular from President Erdoğan on celebration of 2021 as the ‘Ahi Evran Year’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a circular regarding the celebration of 2021 as the ‘Ahi Evran Year’. In the circular published in the Official Gazette, President Erdoğan stated that Ahi Evran, a sophisticated scientist and intellectual who was regarded as the founder of the Ahi organization and the leader of the artisans and craftsmen group in Anatolia, guided the social, economic and political life with the ahi-order organization, reiterated that he played an important role in making Anatolia homeland, the establishment of the Ottoman Empire and its being a world state, and that he was a profound scholar in...

Director of Communications Altun meets Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Ankara

Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun met Liu Shaobin, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Ankara. On his Twitter account, Altun shared the following post regarding the meeting: "We came together with Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Liu Shaobin, at our Directorate of Communications. We conveyed the message of our President to his Chinese counterpart via Mr. Shaobin, and we discussed our bilateral relations, especially our cooperation concerning the Covid-19 vaccine."

“We have completely renewed Turkey’s sports infrastructure”

Speaking at the opening ceremony of Adana Stadium, President Erdoğan said: “We have completely renewed our country’s sports infrastructure over the past 18 years. According to our provinces’ needs, we have put into service new sports facilities. We have built stadiums, swimming pools, football fields, youth centers, sports halls and athletics tracks in all corners of Turkey.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke via videoconference at the opening ceremony of Adana Stadium. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/124980/-we-have-completely-renewed-turkey-s-sports-infrastructure-

“Works undertaken by women with determination have no possibility of failure”

Speaking at AK Party’s 6th Ordinary Provincial Congresses of Women Branches in Adana, Hakkari, Istanbul, Manisa, Malatya, Şanlıurfa and Tokat, President Erdoğan said: “Works undertaken by women with dedication and determination have no possibility of failure.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the party’s 6th Ordinary Provincial Congresses of Women Branches in Adana, Hakkari, Istanbul, Manisa, Malatya, Şanlıurfa and Tokat. “Our women have never left us alone in the struggle we have been putting up since the day our political life began,” said the President, underlining...

Directorate of Communications’ “Sacred Path: Kaaba Coverings from the Ottoman Empire to the Present and Hajj Remembrances Exhibition” opens at Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

The "Sacred Path: Kaaba Coverings from the Ottoman Empire to the Present and Hajj Remembrances Exhibition" was opened on Friday, February 19, at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, under the auspices of the Presidency's Directorate of Communications. The exhibition, which will remain open for a month, could be visited free of charge between 10.00-16.00 on weekdays, in accordance with the pandemic measures. In his statement regarding the exhibition, Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "We attach importance to bringing together the values of the world of culture and civilisation to which we belong with the younger...

President Erdoğan: “Our experiences during both the Nagorno-Karabakh War and the pandemic showed the importance of unity, solidarity, and cooperation of the Turkic world”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Our experiences during both the Nagorno-Karabakh War and the pandemic showed the importance of unity, solidarity, and cooperation of the Turkic world in all fields ranging from defence to diplomacy, health to agriculture, and tourism to energy." President Erdoğan issued a message on the Meteorological Forum of the Turkic World, also attended by Vice President Fuat Oktay and Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov. President Erdoğan expressed his wish that the forum would be auspicious, offered his thanks to Prime Minister Asadov for attending the event, and congratulated the Ministry of Agriculture...

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications’ Digital Truck to travel around Turkey

The Presidency's Directorate of Communications has realised the Digital Truck Project with which Turkey's national, historical, cultural, scientific, and technological wealth will be projected through the digital presentations. Within the scope of this project launched to contribute to Turkey's future vision, the Digital Truck, equipped with digital and technological expertise and practises, will visit 52 provinces. Digital Truck, which has started to host citizens in Edirne, its first stop, will be open to visitors between 12:00 and 20:00. All routes and details about the Digital Truck can be accessed at https://www.dijitaltir.org/. While visitors are taken one by one in the...