Speaking at the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, President Erdoğan said: “The gravest threat against peace, serenity and stability in our region stems from terrorist organizations. The presence of such evil networks as PKK/YPG, DAESH and FETO has rendered it more important that we cooperate in the area of security. What we have experienced in Syria over the past eight years has shown that it is impossible to eliminate a terrorist organization by means of another one. Our country took a crucial step on October 9 to eliminate the PKK/YPG terrorist organization.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Baku for the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, met with the Founding President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111102/president-erdogan-meets-with-kazakhstan-s-founding-president-nazarbayev
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Baku for the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council, met with President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca and Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan were also present at the meeting. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/111094/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-mirziyoyev-of-uzbekistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday the failure of the international community to help Turkey with millions of refugees prompted the peace operation in northeastern Syria. In an article he penned for The Wall Street Journal, Erdoğan said no country has felt the pain of the ensuing humanitarian crisis more severely than Turkey since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. He said Ankara reached its limits, adding the world ignored Turkey's repeated warnings of its inability to tackle the problem of caring for more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees without international support. "My administration concluded that the international...
In a phone call, Turkey's president briefed his French counterpart about the aims of the country's ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Emmanuel Macron about the threat that PKK/YPG and Daesh terrorists in northern Syria pose to both Turkey's security and Syria’s territorial integrity. He also stressed Operation Peace Spring's future contributions to both regional and global peace and stability. Before the phone call, Macron had criticized the operation, claiming in particular it could help a revival of terrorist group Daesh. Turkey has pushed back against the criticisms, saying it expects its NATO...
Turkey on Monday again rejected the “false equation” of Syrian Kurds with the terrorist group PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the YPG/PYD, currently the target of a Turkish anti-terror operation in northern Syria. "We categorically reject the false equation of Syrian Kurds with the terrorist organization PKK,” Communications Director Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter. “The terrorists invaded NE Syria, a predominantly Sunni Arab area, imposed its Marxist-Leninist ideology on the local population, and exiled or killed anyone that challenged its rule,” Altun added, referring to the YPG/PYD. Decrying how Western governments “lie” to the public about Syria,...
Speaking at the World Turkic Business Council’s meeting in Baku, President Erdoğan said: “By entirely securing our border with Syria, we will create an environment in which refugees in our country will be able to return to their own lands. With the contribution of the international community, we will build new residential units in terror-free areas. Thus, we will ensure our country’s security and facilitate the return of Syrian refugees, and will also consolidate Syria’s territorial integrity and political unity by eliminating the separatist terrorist organization.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Azerbaijan to attend the 7th Summit of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council), met with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan at Zagulba Palace. Upon his arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, President Erdoğan was welcomed by First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Ankara Hazar Ibrahim, Turkey’s Ambassador to Baku Erkan Özoral and Embassy staff. Later on, President Erdoğan met with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan at Zagulba Palace as part of...
Turkey’s president criticized foreign media on Monday for using misinformation on the country's ongoing Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria. "They are always using the same tactic," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters. "We'll strive to tell the truth," he added. Erdoğan was speaking at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul before departing for Baku to attend the seventh Summit of the Turkic Council. He said Turkey would comprehensively brief participants of the summit on the operation. Last week, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in...