Directorate of Communications organized Communication Strategy Workshop on Operation Peace Spring. During the workshop chaired by the Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, strategic communication activities were discussed for the national and international public to gain an accurate understanding of the Operation Peace Spring. In this context, evaluation of all relevant media and methods, effective planning of cooperation between agencies and coordination of anti-propaganda and public diplomacy activities were also among the issues addressed to support the success of the operation on the ground as well as in the field of communication. The workshop also focused on eliciting the humanitarian...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that they received the biggest support for Turkey's Operation Peace Spring from Syrian Kurds. "Our operation is not targeting the Kurds," Erdoğan said in Istanbul. He went on to say that Turkey will not allow the establishment of a terrorist state in northern Syria. The ongoing military operation has killed 440 terrorists, injured 26 and captured 24, the president added. "So far, there have been 652 mortar and rocket attacks on [Turkey's] provinces of Sanliurfa, Mardin, Sirnak and Gaziantep fired by the YPG/PKK terrorists," Erdoğan said. He noted that 18 civilians -- most of...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku on October 14-15, 2019 to attend the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council. Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Nakhchivan Agreement, signed by Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on October 3, 2009 for the establishment of the Turkic Council, the Summit is especially important since Uzbekistan will participate in it as a full member for the first time. The supplementary documents on the Turkic Council’s European representative office opened in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, which attended the last year’s Summit...
Turkey's president and the U.K. prime minister discussed Turkey’s ongoing anti-terror operation in northern Syria over the phone late Saturday. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan explained the aim of Operation Peace Spring in Syria to Boris Johnson. President Erdoğan said the anti-terror operation will continue until the PKK/YPG and Daesh threats were eliminated in northern Syria and the safe and voluntary return of displaced Syrians are ensured. Turkey on Wednesday launched Operation Peace Spring to purge terrorists from northern Syria in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees, and ensure...
Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun condemned the Arab League for its statement on the Operation Peace Spring. Altun tweeted the following: "I strongly condemn the Arab League for mischaracterizing Turkey’s counter-terrorism operation in northeastern Syria as an “invasion” in a statement issued earlier today. We are fully aware that governments which dislike Turkey’s advocacy for Palestinians, objections against handing over Jerusalem to occupiers and calling things as we see them –including coups, murders, and the bombardment of civilians 5 Yemen— do not speak for the Arab world. We can only take pride in the fact that governments, which...
Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun made a statement condemning the deliberate attacks of the terrorist organization PKK/PYD-YPG against journalists. In addition, the Directorate of Communications published a text containing the issues that the press members working in the region should follow to protect themselves from the attacks. Prof. Altun posted a tweet, noting: "The terrorist organization PKK/PYD-YPG has repeatedly attacked journalists covering Operation Peace Spring in an attempt to cover up the truth. The press corps, like the people of northeastern Syria, will breathe a sigh of relief as Turkey removes terrorists from its borders.” ...
Turkey’s current operation in northern Syria is not against Kurds, but against terrorist groups, Turkey’s president told an anti-terror conference in Istanbul on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey’s anti-terror operations in northern Iraq and Syria -- including Operation Peace Spring, launched this Wednesday, and Operation Claw in northern Iraq, launched this summer -- never target countries' territorial integrity or sovereignty. "Turkey will ensure its border security and the safe return of Syrians by clearing terrorist groups from east of the Euphrates River as we did with west of the Euphrates," said Erdoğan, referring...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday received NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. The meeting, which was closed to the media, started at 1120 GMT and lasted an hour. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar also met with Stoltenberg. During the meeting, the two discussed matters of defense and security. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-president-receives-nato-chief-in-istanbul/1610408
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed his country’s support to Turkey over the ongoing counter-terror operation in northern Syria. In a telephone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he said that Islamabad fully understands Turkey’s concerns related to terrorism, according to a statement by Pakistani Prime Ministry. "Pakistan is fully cognizant of the threats and challenges faced by Turkey having lost 40,000 of its people to terrorism," Khan told Erdoğan, according to the statement. "Pakistan stands in full support and solidarity with Turkey," as always, he said. "We pray that Turkey’s efforts...