Republic of Turkey’s Directorate of Communications organized a series of events in New York ahead of the visits planned in the US on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Under the Turkey Talks panel series, the panel titled "Turkey-US Relations: Strengthening Old Partnership and Searching New Areas" and other events were held in Washington, and the second leg of the program is currently being held in New York. As part of the New York program, members of the Turkish delegation first met with Bloomberg News representatives. This was followed by a meeting titled ...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk and a group of veterans at the Presidential Complex on the occasion of Veterans’ Day. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109674/president-erdogan-receives-veterans-
Within the framework of “Turkey Talks” panel series, the Republic of Turkey Directorate of Communications held a panel entitled "Turkey-US Relations: Strengthening Old Partnership and Searching New Areas" at the US Congress. Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Senior Advisor to the President Prof. Gülnur Aybet, Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Board Prof. Mehmet Akif Kireçci and attorney Robert Amsterdam participated in the panel as speakers. Representatives of American politics, academia, think tanks, media and non-governmental organizations showed interest to the panel. The senior partner of the independent law firm Amsterdam &...
Turkey will initiate its own plans after two weeks if no results come from Turkey-U.S. safe zone deal, the Turkish president said on Wednesday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks came at a ceremony opening the 2019-2020 academic year for higher education at the Bestepe National Congress and Culture Center in the capital. Referring to an agreement between Turkey and the U.S. on the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria to enable displaced Syrians to return, Erdogan said: "Two or three million Syrian refugees in Turkey and Europe can be resettled in the safe zone east of Euphrates...
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran on Monday stressed a strong commitment to Syria's sovereignty in a joint statement following a trilateral meeting on Syria. “The Presidents emphasized their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as well as to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter,” read a joint statement released following the trilateral summit on Syria. The statement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and Iran's Hassan Rouhani met in the Turkish capital Ankara for the fifth time to discuss...
The YPG/PYD terrorist organization poses the "biggest" threat to Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in the capital Ankara on Monday. "The PKK, and its extension the YPG/PYD, is the biggest threat to Syria's future. As long as the PKK/PYD presence in the country continues, neither Syria nor our region can find peace," Erdogan told a news conference after a trilateral meeting on Syria with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Erdogan said Ankara, Moscow, and Tehran stressed that supporting terrorists under the pretext of fighting Daesh is "unacceptable" -- likely referring...
A trilateral summit in Ankara between Turkey, Russia, and Iran will add new dimensions to the Astana peace process for Syria, the Turkish president said on Monday. "I believe that the Ankara summit will bring a new dimension to Astana process," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters ahead of a trilateral meeting on Syria with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. Erdogan said the Astana platform on Syria is a "unique attempt" to find effective solutions for Syria. "We have to take more responsibility to ensure peace in Syria," he added....
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, who is in Ankara to attend the 5th Trilateral Summit in Astana format, at Çankaya Presidential Palace. President Erdoğan welcomed President Putin of Russia at the entrance of Çankaya Presidential Palace. Following the welcoming, the two leaders posed for the press and proceeded to their bilateral meeting ahead of the Trilateral Summit. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109634/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-putin-of-russia-
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, who is in Ankara to attend the 5th Trilateral Summit, at Çankaya Presidential Palace. President Erdoğan welcomed President Rouhani of Iran at the entrance of the Çankaya Presidential Palace. Following the welcoming, the two leaders posed for the press and proceeded to their bilateral meeting ahead of the Trilateral Summit. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109629/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-rouhani-of-iran