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President Erdoğan’s congratulatory message to US President-elect Joe Biden

''Mr. President-elect, I wish the election results may yield auspicious outcomes for the people of the friendly and allied US. As we have addressed on many occasions during your Vice Presidency as well, Turkey-US relations have a strategic quality with a deep-rooted basis. The challenges we are currently faced with at a regional and global level necessitate us to further enhance and strengthen our bilateral relations, which are based on shared interests and values. Reiterating to that end our determination to work closely with the US administration in the period ahead, I believe that the strong cooperation and the ties...

Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk commemorated at Digital Display Centres

The Digital Display Centres, which were opened by the Directorate of Communications in Ağrı, Çanakkale, Samsun, Konya, Kayseri, Antalya and Diyarbakır, are hosting their visitors with the theme of “Commemoration of Atatürk on November 10”. The Directorate of Communications, which offers our national, historical, cultural and scientific wealth to the access of citizens by using new communication and display techniques, addresses the theme of “Commemoration of Atatürk on November 10” at Digital Display Centres opened in Çanakkale, Samsun, Konya, Kayseri, Antalya and Diyarbakır. Furthermore, the Digital Display Centre, which will be opened in Ağrı in November,...

“Turkey continuing now in a stronger manner the War of Independence it launched a century ago is the reason why it faces such a nefarious encirclement”

Speaking at a commemorative event on Atatürk’s passing to eternity, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey continuing now in a stronger manner the War of Independence it launched a century ago is the reason why it faces such a deep and nefarious encirclement. We would encounter none of the existing obstacles if we had remained within the narrow boundaries drawn for our nation, if we had not rejected submission, or if we had heeded the tutelage rather than the people. But then we would have disappointed our nation.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the commemoration ceremony on the 8...

82nd anniversary of Atatürk’s passing to eternity

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the ceremony held at Anıtkabir on the 82nd anniversary of the passing of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The ceremony at Anıtkabir (Atatürk’s Mausoleum) began as high-ranking state officials walked on the Lion Road. President Erdoğan and other high-ranking officials laid wreaths at Atatürk’s mausoleum and observed a moment of silence at 09:05 a.m. at Anıtkabir. After the national anthem was sung, President Erdoğan wrote the following in the Anıtkabir Special Book at Misak-ı Millî Tower: “We commemorate...

President Erdoğan’s Message on Azerbaijan’s ‘Flag Day’

Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on the occasion of the “State Flag Day” of Azerbaijan: On behalf of my country and my nation, I congratulate the “9 November State Flag Day” of our brother, Azerbaijan, with which we act in the international arena as “two states, one nation.” The late poet Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh describes the brotherhood between Azerbaijan and Turkey as “two sons of the one mother.” With the steps we take as two brotherly countries, we show to the entire world that we are brothers not just in words but in deeds in all areas...

“The current global system, which protects the mighty rather than those who are right, cannot continue as it is”

Addressing the 12th Ambassadors’ Conference, President Erdoğan said: “The current global system, which protects the mighty rather than those who are right, a handful of minority rather than the majority, and the rich rather than the poor, cannot continue as it is.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the 12th Ambassadors’ Conference at the Presidential Complex. “WE PROVIDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO 155 COUNTRIES AND NINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS” Noting that the pandemic process showed how weak the economically strong countries were in terms of medical infrastructure and social security, President Erdoğan said Turkey, however, performed well...

“Turkey’s star will shine brighter in this century”

Speaking at an opening ceremony in Kocaeli, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey will come out much stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic in economic, political, military and diplomatic terms. This will be the century when Turkey’s star will shine even brighter.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at an opening ceremony in Kocaeli. “Our entrepreneurs, who are well aware of our country’s potential, invest in Turkey’s bright future paying no heed to scaremongers. We, in return, support and incentivize entrepreneurs in every area. Considering any issue experienced by business people as our own, we produce solutions...

“We share the joy of our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters who have been liberating step by step their occupied cities and Karabakh”

Speaking at the 7th Ordinary Provincial Congress of AK Party in Kocaeli, President Erdoğan said: “The joy of our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters, who have been liberating step by step their occupied cities and Karabakh following the clashes triggered by Armenia’s aggression, is also our joy. The liberation of Shusha also signals that liberation of remaining occupied territories is near.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the 7th Ordinary Provincial Congress of AK Party in Kocaeli. “I would like to begin by congratulating our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters,...

President Erdoğan, President Putin of Russia talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The relations between Turkey and Russia as well as regional developments, Nagorno-Karabakh in particular, were discussed during the talk. Sating that Armenia must withdraw from the Azerbaijani lands under its occupation, President Erdoğan noted that Azerbaijan’s counter-operation was limited to its own territories. Voicing that the Armenian administration should be convinced to come to the negotiation table with common sense, President Erdoğan underscored that ending the conflict with a lasting solution and bringing stability to the region were of vital importance.