President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a speech at the AK Party Şırnak 7th Ordinary Provincial Congress held at Şırnak City Stadium. "They have not finished these negotiations for 30 years" President Erdoğan said that what had happened in Iraq, Syria, the Balkans in the past, and now in Libya and Karabakh has shown us how discrimination, secessionism, and pursuit of small gains have brought nothing but blood and tears and noted the following: "Why are we in Azerbaijan, why do we stand with our brothers and sisters in Azerbaijan? Notice what they are called, the 'Minsk Trio...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Azerbaijan on its Independence Day. President Erdoğan shared the following message on his Twitter account: "I congratulate Azerbaijan, our dear brother, dear friend, on the occasion of October 18 Independence Day. In line with the understanding ‘One Nation, Two States,’ we will continue to support Azerbaijan in all fields and stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in their struggle for their motherland.” President Erdoğan also shared his photo with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in his post.
In a speech following his inspections on board the Fatih drilling vessel, President Erdoğan said: “We already broke the good news to our nation back on August 21 that 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves had been discovered. As a result of the tests, analyses and detailed engineering works, 85 billion cubic meters have further been added to the reserves we already discovered. Therefore, the natural gas reserves in the Tuna-1 zone of the Sakarya field have reached 405 billion cubic meters in total.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech following his inspections on board the Fatih drilling vessel,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. Steps aimed at improving Turkey-Canada relations, increasing bilateral trade volume and resolving problems in defense industry cooperation were discussed. President Erdoğan stated it is against the alliance spirit for Canada to suspend the export of some military products to Turkey due to the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict which has escalated as a result of Armenian attacks. The fact that Nagorno-Karabakh has been under Armenia’s occupation for almost 30 years is the root cause of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, noted President Erdoğan, stressing that Azerbaijan is conducting...
Speaking at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey sees Ukraine as a key country for stability, peace, security and prosperity in the region, and said: “Within this scope, we have always supported Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Crimea, as well as its political unity, and we will continue to do so.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held a joint press conference following their meeting. “OUR COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE GROWS DEEPER ON THE BASIS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT” Expressing his pleasure to host President Zelensky...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. The meeting held at Vahdettin Mansion in Üsküdar lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Later, a meeting between delegations started. The meeting between the delegations lasted an hour and was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of National Defence Hulusi Akar, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu, Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın, President of...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Chairman of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) Prof. Yekta Saraç and the Council members accompanying him. The reception at the Presidential Complex was closed to the press. Vice President Fuat Oktay, Director of Administrative Affairs of the Presidency Metin Kıratlı and the Presidency's Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun were also present during the reception.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of academic year 2020-2021, President Erdoğan said: “It is of great importance that academic education is being carried on without interruption even if under difficult circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Experience in distance learning is of course precious; however, it undoubtedly cannot replace formal education. We aim to start in-person classes in higher education as soon as possible just like in other educational stages.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of academic year 2020-2021 at Beştepe People’s Convention and Culture Center. Underlining the importance of...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun held a phone call with Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev. Director of Communications Altun noted that a very productive phone call was held with Hikmet Hajiyev and said, “We will continue to support Azerbaijan in all areas, including the fight against disinformation, as it strives to end Armenia’s illegal occupation in Nagorno-Karabakh.” During the conversation, Director of Communications Altun also congratulated Hikmet Hajiyev's birthday. Commenting on the phone call, Hikmet Hajiyev said, “My dear friend Fahrettin...