President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo. President Erdoğan and Thaçi met at the Vahdettin Mansion for breakfast. Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın also attended the meeting.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Turkey managed all the processes it went through in a dignified and mature manner and never paid attention to persistent provocations. In a post on Twitter, President Erdoğan noted the following: “The Republic of Turkey is a deep-rooted and long-established state dating back 2,000 years. We manage all the processes we go through in a dignified and mature manner without having any complex and never pay attention to persistent provocations. We intend to gain as much space as possible for diplomacy by lending an ear to every sincere call and resolve the problems...
Making a speech at the inauguration of North Marmara Highway’s Gebze-Izmit section, President Erdoğan said that preparations have already been started to build the Turkey of 2053 and 2071, and said: “We do so not in words, rhetoric or discourse, but take concrete actions. Every step we take with the aim of making Turkey a regional and global power constitutes a building stone of this vision.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the opening ceremony of North Marmara Highway’s Gebze-Izmit section. “EVERY STEP WE TAKE TO MAKE TURKEY A GLOBAL POWER CONSTITUTES A BUILDING STONE OF OUR...
Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on Rosh Hashanah: “I wholeheartedly congratulate our Jewish citizens on Rosh Hashanah, which marks the beginning of the new Jewish year according to the Hebrew calendar. The cultural, political and social diversities on these lands, the symbol of the culture of love and tolerance, have for centuries been our most important asset that strengthens our unity and solidarity. Special days when our citizens of different faiths freely keep their own culture and traditions alive add color to our social life and conduce to the further strengthening of our ancient friendship...
Fahrettin Altun, who sent a letter to his Greek counterpart, Stelios Petsas, stated that he strongly condemned the insult against President Erdoğan in a newspaper in Greece and urged the Greek government to call to account those responsible for this shamelessness. Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun sent a letter to his Greek counterpart Stelios Petsas, condemning the insult against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a Greek newspaper. In his letter, Fahrettin Altun said: “On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, I condemn in the strongest way the publication of insults against our President Recep...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of September 18, 2020, 22:30. Directorate of Communications shared a post on its Twitter account, stating that the number of people infected with Covid-19, which broke out in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, exceeded 30 million 590 thousand. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: “Turkey has conducted a total of 9,076,278 tests so far. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 299,810 while 7,377 citizens have lost their lives and 264,805 patients have recovered.”
Answering reporters’ questions after Friday prayer in Istanbul, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey recalled its vessel the Oruç Reis to the port for maintenance and that this doesn’t mean the end of seismic exploration, and said: “The Oruç Reis will return to mission after its maintenance is over and will resume its works in the same fashion.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions after performing Friday prayer in Istanbul. “THERE MAY BE TALKS WITH LIBYA’S GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL ACCORD” In answer to a question regarding Chairman of the Presidential Council of Government of National Accord...
Directorate of Communications has been assigned to the mission of "developing policies regarding strategic communication and crisis management and maintaining coordination between all public institutions and organizations for national and international activities in this context,” in accordance with a Presidential Decree. In order to fulfil these missions, the "Department of Strategic Communication and Crisis Management" has been established under the Directorate of Communications. "Presidential Decree Amending the Presidential Decree on the Organization of the Directorate of Communications" has been published today on the Official Gazette. Accordingly, “developing policies regarding strategic communication and crisis management, and maintaining coordination between all public...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. President Erdoğan and President of the European Council Michel discussed Turkey-EU relations and regional developments especially including the Eastern Mediterranean. During the conversation, President Erdoğan reiterated his call to EU institutions and its member states for "an objective and consistent stance on all regional issues, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, without being deceived by provocations". Emphasizing that Turkey was open to a solution in which the rights of all parties were protected through negotiations based on a sincere dialogue and...