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President Erdoğan in Malaysia

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur at 08:50 a.m. (Turkish local time) with “TRK” plane to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit. President Erdoğan was welcomed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport by the Health Minister of Malaysia Dzulkefly Ahmad, Ambassador of Turkey to Kuala Lumpur Merve Kavakçı and the President of Defence Industries İsmail Demir. On his trip to Kuala Lumpur, Erdoğan is accompanied by First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of Interior Süleyman...

President Erdoğan presents the book “Cooperation for Refugees” to leaders

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced the book “Cooperation for Refugee” to his counterparts at the 1st Global Refugee Forum. At the 1st Global Refugee Forum, Erdoğan presented the book “Safe Harbour Turkey’s Call to the World: Cooperation for Refugees” to all of his counterparts attending the forum and, in particular, to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The book published in English and Turkish consists of chapters titled “Turkey Embracing Refugees from the Past to Present”, “Turkey’s Approach to Refugees”, “Other Countries’ Approach to Refugees” and “There is Hope for Syrians: Safe Zone”. The book elaborates on...

President Erdoğan visits the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the exhibition "Life Goes On, Art Goes On". President Erdoğan, who is in Geneva to attend the 1st Global Refugee Forum, visited the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On” at the UN Office. Fecir Alptekin, Member of Presidential Culture and Arts Policies Board, introduced the exhibition compiled of paintings created by Syrian artists living in Turkey. President Erdoğan, who visited the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On” organized by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey as part of the Forum, left the exhibition area to continue his contacts at...

President Erdoğan meets with UN Secretary-General Guterres

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Geneva for the Global Refugee Forum, met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113998/president-erdogan-meets-with-un-secretary-general-guterres

‘Refugees’ safe return as important as fighting terror’

Formulas to keep refugees in their own lands, repatriate those in Turkey need to be implemented, says President Erdoğan Safe return of refugees and establishing a permanent stability in Syria is as important as fight against terrorism, the President Erdoğan said on Tuesday. Addressing the first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Formulas to keep refugees in their own lands and repatriate those in Turkey need to be implemented.” Erdoğan also said that Turkey is currently hosting 5 million refugees -- with 3.7 of them Syrian -- and never forcefully repatriated any of them. “Countries...

President Erdoğan meets with Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Geneva for the Global Refugee Forum, met with Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113988/president-erdogan-meets-with-prime-minister-khan-of-pakistan

Altun: “It is high time for the international community to come together and follow Turkey’s lead in supporting refugees around the world”

Director of Communications Prof Fahrettin Altun stated: “Some European countries have considered refugees as a security threat not as human beings. Turkish people have done the opposite by opening their hearts to millions of fellow Syrians, Iraqis, Afghanis, and others. We will continue to do our part even if they do not!” Prof Altun shared the following statement from the social networking site Twitter, regarding the first Global Refugee Forum hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva and co-chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Prof Altun emphasized that Turkey had been leading international...

President Erdoğan at the UN Office in Geneva

President Erdoğan arrived at the United Nations (UN) Office in Geneva to attend the 1st Global Refugee Forum. On his arrival at the UN Geneva Office, President Erdoğan was met by Kelly Clements, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Clements and Erdoğan had a photo taken together and then President Erdoğan attended the plenary session of the 1st Global Refugee Forum.