President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. During the conversation, Erdoğan and Al Thani exchanged greetings on Eid-al-Adha.
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Issuing a message on Eid al-Adha, President Erdoğan congratulated the citizens on Eid al-Adha, and said: “I ask all our citizens, who will set off for Eid al-Adha, to strictly abide by traffic and healthcare rules. I wish that Eid al-Adha may bring serenity to our hearts, well-being to our country and peace to our world. Eid Mubarak!” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued the following message on Eid al-Adha: “We praise our Lord, who lets us observe another Eid al-Adha. I pray to Allah that these sacred days will lead to auspicious results for our nation, the Islamic...
Directorate of Communications has launched the website “www.sumela.gov.tr” in order to promote the Sumela Monastery. The Sumela Monastery, which was reopened yesterday by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following its restoration, welcomes visitors with the message “The hidden monuments of Anatolia come to light”. The website provides detailed information on the history and architecture of the Sumela Monastery as well as the restoration works performed and also has a photo gallery. Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun posted the following on his Twitter about the website: "We have taken another major step towards preserving...
Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun evaluated the discussions of “Atatürk, Republic”, which was initiated deliberately by some circles following the reopening of Hagia Sophia as a mosque, to the newspaper AKŞAM. Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun stated that the reopening of Hagia Sophia to worship as a mosque arouse great excitement in the Islamic world, yet the circles trying to prevent Turkey from progressing worked to launch fabricated discussions on ‘‘Atatürk and the Republic” against that event. Prof. Altun answered the written questions of TürkMedia Ankara Representative Melik Yiğitel as follows: “We...
On his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a video about the culture of coexistence between members of the Jewish, Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian communities and the Turkish citizens of the Islamic faith in Istanbul. In the video he shared on his Twitter account, Altun said in Greek: “Under the leadership of our President, with the awareness that ‘we are Turkey together’, we have taken unprecedented steps to put the principle of equal citizenship into practice and to protect our nation's cultural and religious diversity.” The video included interviews about the culture of coexistence and personal experiences of...
On the occasion of the reopening of Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque to worship, citizens sent messages of satisfaction and gratitude to Presidency’s Communication Centre (CİMER). In a post he shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that thousands of messages had been received by CİMER, adding, “We would like to thank our noble nation for their messages filled with joy and honour.” Messages from citizens In the post shared by Altun, a citizen defined the day in which the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque was reopened for worship as a “magnificent day” and...
Addressing via videoconference the opening ceremony of the second phase of Sumela Monastery and the re-opening of Trabzon Hagia Sophia Mosque following its restoration, President Erdoğan said: “We bring this restoration work, which is the epitome of how Turkey protects and beautifies all kinds of civilization heritages on its lands, to the attention of those who criticize our country. If we were the kind of nation targeting the symbols of other faiths, as it is claimed or implied to be the case, this monastery, which has been ours for five centuries, would have already ceased to exist.” President Recep...
As part of the July 15 International Anti Coup Hackathon, which was held online by the Directorate of Communications with the theme "We are Stronger with You" on July 13-19 for the second time this year, the teams that won awards in fields of applications and infographic were announced. The hackathon started ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the conversation, the steps aimed at strengthening Turkey-Russia relations and regional developments, particularly the tension between Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as Syria and Libya were discussed. President Erdoğan and Russian President Putin agreed on sustaining the cooperation and dialogue in bilateral relations and regional issues.