EU did not keep promise to spend 6 billion euros to support Turkey's efforts to deal with Syrian migrants, says Erdogan. Ankara will discuss purchasing U.S. Patriot missiles in a meeting between the two countries' leaders later this month, Turkey's president said on Friday. "I said no matter what package of ... S-400s we get, we can buy from you a certain amount of Patriots," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Reuters news agency in an interview in Istanbul. "But I said we have to see conditions that at least match up to the S-400s," added Erdogan. Erdogan had...
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The 5th Trilateral Summit in Astana format will be hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on September 16, 2019 with the participation of President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation. The Summit is aimed at assessing the developments in Syria, Idlib in particular as well as ending the climate of conflict, ensuring the necessary conditions for the voluntary return of refugees and discussing the joint step to be taken in the period ahead with the aim of achieving a lasting political solution. During the bilateral talks President Erdoğan will hold with his...
Answering reporters’ questions after performing the Friday prayer in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said that Turkey’s fight against terror will be determinedly continued, and added: “I believe that in the end, the Republic of Turkey, together with its military, police, gendarmerie and security forces, will come out victorious.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions on his way out of the Bezmialem Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, where he performed the Friday prayer. Answering a question on the terror attack in the Kulp district of Diyarbakır, President Erdoğan said that Turkey’s fight against terror will be...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Thursday the bloody 1980 military coup which detained thousands of people, executed tens, and claimed some 300 lives due to torture and prison conditions. “Although 39 years have passed, Sept. 12, which we still remember with shame, will remain a black stain in our history of democracy,” Erdogan said on Twitter. “I remember all our citizens who were tortured and executed unjustly in those dark days with the respect and mercy,” he added. Some 650,000 people were detained and 50 others executed during the 1980 coup period. A further 299 died due to torture and unhealthy prison conditions. “As representatives of a political...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Wednesday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone, according to Turkey’s Presidential Communications Directorate. Erdogan and Merkel discussed migration, developments in Syria, Libya and bilateral relations, the directorate said in a statement. Turkey has been pressing the EU -- of which Germany is a powerhouse member -- to fulfill its obligations to do more to help in the migrant and refugee crisis. Erdogan had earlier warned that Turkey cannot deal with a renewed migration wave from conflict-torn Idlib, Syria, saying if the EU does not step up, Turkey might open the doors...
Turkish mayors who shun terrorist groups and breaking the law "are welcome" at the presidential complex, said Turkey’s president on Wednesday. "I am pleased to be with mayors who keep a distance from terrorism, terror groups, and lawlessness," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a gathering of big city mayors in the wake of March local elections and last month’s suspension of the mayors of three cities on terrorism charges. The suspended mayors of the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van are all from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a party accused of having links to the PKK terror...
The Presidential Cabinet convened under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109587/presidential-cabinet-convenes-under-president-erdogan-s-chairmanship
Turkey cannot bear a new influx of migrants from Syria, Turkish president said in the capital Ankara on Tuesday. "We expect from the U.S. to stand with us in our efforts on fighting terrorism and on establishing safe zones for migrants," Erdogan said at a reception, which was held as part of U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' visit to Turkey. On Aug. 7, Turkish and U.S. military officials agreed to set up a safe zone in northern Syria and develop a peace corridor to facilitate the movement of displaced Syrians who want to return home. They also agreed...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a ceremony held at Atatürk Science High School in Istanbul marking the start of the new school year. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/109569/president-erdogan-attends-ceremony-marking-the-start-of-the-new-school-year