Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Sunday a command and control center in the border province of Sanliurfa where he was briefed about the ongoing operation in northern Syria. He was accompanied by Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler, intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, Sanliurfa Governor Abdullah Erim, and senior members of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party. Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring on Oct. 9 to clear northeastern Syria east of the Euphrates River of terrorists and create a safe zone along the border,...
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Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun condemned on his Twitter the PKK/YPG terror attack in Tal Abyad bazaar place that claimed 13 lives and wounded many. Fahrettin Altun noted the following: "We condemn the terror attack in Tal Abyad bazaar place that claimed 13 lives and wounded many. This terror attack exposed once again the true face of YPG/PKK terror group and the risks of supporting terror groups. This attack shows that partnering with terrorist organizations will not correct their behavior and change their methods of reaching their goals but only increase their destructive and violent capacity to conduct further...
Regarding the invitation extended to Ferhat Abdi Şahin, code named Mazlum Kobani by some members of the US Congress to the country, Director of Communications Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Altun stated that, “Our NATO ally’s efforts to glorify a terror leader will be etched in our memory for many years. The American support for this terror organization will be a dark stain in its history and will be taught as a textbook example of a foreign policy fiasco.” Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Altun stated the following in the statement he shared from his twitter account: “Ferhat Abdi Şahin (code name Mazloum...
Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said: "Any attempt to stop Turkey’s determination is null and void for us.” On his Twitter account, Altun shared a thread in English about the resolutions adopted by the US House of Representatives and the statements against Turkey by some US politicians. Communications Director Altun noted the following: "It is unfortunate for the US policy makers and politicians to allow themselves to be blackmailed by the lobbyists of a terror organization. The responsibility of damaging strategic relations with a NATO ally will fall upon those who nurture a partnership with terror groups. As President Recep...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Volkan Bozkır and Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN Feridun Sinirlioğlu were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112395/president-erdogan-meets-with-un-secretary-general-guterres
Speaking at the 6th Turkish Medical World Congress, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “We have made Turkey, located at the intersection of three continents, a global hub in healthcare. Today, committees from many countries examine our healthcare system and try to adapt it for themselves.” https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112390/-we-have-made-turkey-a-global-hub-in-healthcare-
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received British musician and songwriter Yusuf Islam at AK Party's headquarters. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112385/president-erdogan-receives-yusuf-islam
Turkey's president on Thursday praised the country's economic and strategic cooperation with Georgia. "Unfortunately, our relations that we have maintained at the level of strategic partnership have been suspended. Today, with the instructions we give our foreign ministers, we will convene our strategic cooperation council as soon as possible," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters at the Presidential Palace in capital Ankara. "The joint energy and transportation projects that we have fulfilled together with our brother Azerbaijan have enabled us to create a zone of stability from the Caucasus to Anatolia," Erdoğan said, referring to natural gas and railway...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia of Georgia at the Presidential Complex. Prime Minister Gakharia of Georgia was welcomed by Vice President Fuat Oktay with an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/112378/president-erdogan-meets-with-prime-minister-gakharia-of-georgia