Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "We all know Jamal’s killers. Let’s make them pay: Send the Saudi henchmen to Turkey. Let them appear in a public court with international observers. Cooperate with the criminal investigation in Turkey.” Altun shared the following on his Twitter account on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Khashoggi murder. Altun stated that, two years ago today, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi walked into an ambush at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul and that, unbeknownst to him, someone in Riyadh had dispatched a death squad, including a forensic...
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President Erdoğan said, "As Turkey, we will continue to extend support with all our facilities and hearts to our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters whom we regard as ‘Two states one nation’. The way to permanent peace in this region is through the withdrawal of the Armenians from every inch of Azerbaijani territory that they occupied. Efforts to persistently slander Turkey by leaving everything aside also will not be able to save the Armenian administration.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the Members of the Parliament at the General Assembly on the occasion of the opening of the 4th Legislative...
In his video message to the High-Level Meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, President Erdoğan said: “We carry out our combat in fighting violence against women with a multifaceted, holistic approach and with the principle of zero tolerance.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a video message to the High-Level Meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. President Erdoğan said: “WE HAVE TAKEN HISTORIC STEPS TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN LIFE” “Even 25 years after its adoption, the Beijing Declaration remains a milestone for the rights...
President Erdoğan spoke by phone with the new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During the conversation, President Erdoğan wished Allah’s mercy upon the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, by whose passing he was deeply saddened, and extended his condolences to the late Emir’s family and the people of Kuwait. President Erdoğan stated that the late Emir’s outstanding efforts for peace and stability in the region as well as his exceptional contributions to Kuwait’s prosperity and development will always be remembered with appreciation. Congratulating...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, "On the one hand, we are fighting against the coronavirus pandemic, which is one of the biggest health crises of the last century; on the other hand, we are trying to manage the negative effects of the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic, beyond being a health problem, is one of the consequences of the deterioration of the ecosystem." President Erdoğan sent a video message to the Summit on Biodiversity held on the sidelines of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly. Noting that we, as humanity, were going through a...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a letter to the heads of European Union (EU) organisations and the leaders of member states where he communicated Turkey's approach towards the Eastern Mediterranean and proposals for the solution of problems. In his letter sent to EU member states except for Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC), President Erdoğan reminded that the Turkey-EU relations and their progress were always a matter of priority for his country and significant progress was achieved during his term in office. Noting that there were compelling challenges in the over-60-years...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered his condolences for the deceased Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait. In his post shared in Arabic and Turkish on his Twitter account, President Erdoğan noted the following: “I wish Allah’s mercy upon Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, whom I am deeply saddened to learn the death of, and I extend my condolences to the people of the friendly and brotherly nation, Kuwait on behalf of the Turkish nation.”
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that the claim that “the SU-25 aircraft belonging to Armenia was shot down by a Turkish F-16” is “absolutely untrue”. Turkey has refuted the claim of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia that the Armenian SU-25 aircraft had been shot down by a Turkish F-16 announced by the Russian news agency, Tass. In his statement to Bloomberg, the Director of Communications Altun said, “The claim that Turkey ‘shot down Armenian warplane’ is absolutely untrue. Rather than resorting to such cheap propaganda acts, Armenia should immediately withdraw from the territories it occupied.”
On the occasion of the 482nd anniversary of the Preveza Naval Victory, a three-dimensional image (hologram) show accompanied by a cinematic sound system was displayed in the Golden Horn by the Directorate of Communications. The Preveza Naval Victory-themed hologram show on the water-screen in the Golden Horn lasted 5 minutes. The importance of Preveza Naval Victory in terms of Turkish and world history was explained in the show, which was broadcast live on the social media accounts of the Presidency and the Directorate of Communications. In the show’s presentation, “Our naval victory, written with golden letters in our history, is...