President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a celebration message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. "Dear President, Dear Friend, I congratulate your Victory Day on the 75th anniversary with my most sincere feelings," Erdoğan said in his message. This anniversary, marking the end of the World War II which brought great suffering to humanity and cost the lives of millions in the Soviet Union, helps us remember the value of international peace in the most striking way, the message added. Erdoğan also reiterated the importance of...
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Following is the message President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued on Europe Day: “Today is the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that gave life to the idea of the European Union (EU). Since the approval of Turkey’s candidacy to the EU in 1999, the ‘9 May Europe Day’ is celebrated in Turkey, together with the people of Europe. The ideas behind the Schuman Declaration have provided the resurrection of the Europe from its ashes following a war ruining the whole world. These ideas enabled the countries to come together for peace, security, development and prosperity by leaving aside their differences...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said: “To prevent the economic and socio-political breakthrough of our country to be realized during the post-corona period and to bind our country with pre-dependability order of 18 years ago lie behind the attacks against our economy, our economy administration and our Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak.” In a thread on his Twitter account, Altun stated that humanity passes through one of the toughest periods of history, and Turkey gave a very worthwhile struggle in every field to be affected at minimum by this process. Noting that it was tried and tested that when the...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of May 8, 2020, 22:00. 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 3 million 981 thousand, more than 274 thousand people lost their lives and more than 1 million 372 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 1,298,806 tests so far. The total number of...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun shared a thread on his Twitter account, saying, "This mindset, which embraces all anti-Turkey reports without checking their authenticity and reliability, shows us once again the importance of an independent, credible and responsible media.” The unfounded and nonsensical claims concerning the medical supplies which Turkey sent to the United Kingdom were denied by the official authorities of both countries and the truth was immediately revealed, Altun said, and continued as follows: "It is regrettable, however, that certain circles and media outlets are so eager to buy into these reports, which are obviously the products...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of May 7, 2020, 22:00. 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 3 million 884 thousand, more than 268 thousand people lost their lives and more than 1 million 331 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 1,265,119 tests so far. The total number of...
In a thread he shared on his Twitter account, Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun stated that whatever it may cost, they would never step backward from the National Technology Move project that has been launched by Turkey in a determined manner, and they would continue to support all initiatives and projects required for the survival of the state and the nation. In his post, Altun noted the following: "The attempts and efforts aimed at eroding and undermining through systemic lies and slanders the persons and institutions, who serve our state in line with an entirely national stance...
Directorate of Communications announced the number of cases, deaths, and discharges in countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) throughout the world as of May 6, 2020, 22:00. 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 3 million 791 thousand, more than 262 thousand people lost their lives and more than 1 million 278 thousand people recovered throughout the world. The post also provided information regarding the current situation in Turkey, and noted: "Turkey has conducted a total of 1,234,724 tests so far. The total number of...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun gave an interview on communications strategy in Turkey's fight against the coronavirus for the May issue of the Turkish Red Crescent’s magazine titled 1868. While there is no clear data on the developments regarding coronavirus in many countries, our Presidency has been informing the people at every stage since the first case. What type of communication strategy have you adopted at the beginning of this period? Under the leadership of our President, we follow a transparency-based communication strategy in the period of fighting against the coronavirus (Covid-19), as always we do. Just as...