Erdoğan says Turks in Europe are not foreigners but hosts President Erdoğan said on Monday that Turks in Europe are not foreigners and do not constitute "the other". Addressing an event in Geneva which marked the 50th anniversary of the migration of Turks to Switzerland, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey views Turks in Switzerland and in the rest of Europe as "human bridges". Erdoğan said they support the equal participation of Turks in Switzerland to the Swiss society. He said that they are against the assimilation of Turks but support the integration of them. “We [Turks] …...
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President Erdoğan remembers passing of legendary religious poet and mystic Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi Turkey’s president on Monday commemorated the 746th death anniversary of Sufi poet Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi -- a 13th century mystic, poet and Islamic scholar. “We will move forward without despair and intimidation, and march towards future in unity and solidarity by meeting around our common values,” Erdoğan said. “We will overcome all the obstacles that we face with the power of our great heritage,” he added. Born into a Turkic family in 1207, in what is now Afghanistan, Rumi is one of the most...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Geneva for the Global Refugee Forum, met with members of the Union of International Democrats (UID). Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113974/president-erdogan-receives-members-of-uid
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Geneva for the Global Refugee Forum, met with Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre of Somalia. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar were also present at the meeting. President Erdoğan also had a brief conversation with European Union Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113968/president-erdogan-meets-with-somali-pm-khayre
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in the Swiss city of Geneva to attend the Global Refugee Forum. President Erdoğan was welcomed at Geneva International Airport by Turkish officials. First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank are accompanying the President in Switzerland. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113963/president-erdogan-in-switzerland
President Erdogan says U.S. Senate's resolution on Armenian allegations over events of 1915 'completely political' President Erdogan said Sunday that Ankara may close two bases in Turkey where U.S. soldiers are stationed "if necessary". "If necessary, we will hold discussions with all our delegations, and if necessary, we may close Incirlik [air base in southern Adana province] and Kurecik [radar station in eastern Malatya province]," Erdogan said in a televised interview. Speaking about a resolution passed in the U.S. Senate on Armenian allegations over the events of 1915, Erdogan said the bill was "completely political," adding: "It...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Fayez Al Sarraj, at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113952/president-erdogan-meets-with-libyan-presidential-council-chairman-sarraj
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Switzerland on December 16-17, 2019 to attend the first meeting of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, and then will visit Malaysia on December 18-19, 2019 to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit at the invitation of Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. The Global Refugee Forum is the main platform for monitoring the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018. President Erdoğan will co-chair the Forum with statespeople of Costa Rica, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Germany at the invitation of Filippo Grandi,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Hamas Political Bureau Leader Ismail Haniyeh at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113945/president-erdogan-receives-hamas-political-bureau-leader-haniyeh