Turkey’s president on Tuesday congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming the U.K.’s next prime minister and head of the ruling Conservative Party. On Twitter, Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Johnson and wished him success as prime minister. "I congratulate @BorisJohnson, who became the U.K.'s 77th prime minister, and wish him success in his new position," he wrote. "I believe Turkish-United Kingdom relations will develop further in this new era." After besting his rival Jeremy Hunt, Johnson, 55, will take over the government from Theresa May, who is set to leave her official residence at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday. ...
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Turkish army will never hesitate to take the same step as 45 years ago "if needed for the lives and security of Turkish Cypriots," the Turkish President said on Saturday. "Turkey launched the peace operation in Cyprus to protect rights and interests of Turkish Cypriots who are one of the equal owners of the island," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Erdogan's remarks came on the 45th anniversary of Turkey’s military operation launched to protect Turkish population in Cyprus. "The entire world is watching our determination. No one should doubt that the heroic Turkish army, which sees [Northern] Cyprus as its homeland,...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania. Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak was also present at the meeting during which bilateral relations and regional issues were discussed. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/107095/president-erdogan-meets-with-albanian-pm-rama
Presidency’s Directorate of Communications held a panel titled "Turkish Foreign and Security Policy in an Age of Global Transformation and Regional Instability" in Madrid, Spain. The panel which was organized at the Spanish think-tank "International Affairs and Foreign Policy Institute (INCIPE)" within the scope of "Turkey Talks" drew the attention of diplomatic missions, international think-tanks and media representatives. Turkey’s Ambassador in Madrid Cihad Erginay delivered the opening speech of the panel. "Turkey and the TRNC are tried to be prevented from using their legal rights in the Mediterranean" In her presentation titled “Turkish Foreign and Security Policy in...
Presidency’s Communications Director Prof. Fahrettin Altun stated that they were very pleased to observe that Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University (KTMU) established by Turkey in 1995 in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, has turned into a center of attraction in the region. Altun, who is also Chairman of KTMU Board of Trustees, and Kyrgyzstan Minister of Science and Education Gülmira Kudayberdiyeva co-chaired KTMU Board of Trustees Meeting at the rectorate building of the university in Bishkek. In his statement after the meeting which lasted for approximately two hours, Altun noted that they held the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the...
Turkish president on Wednesday condemned the armed attack on Turkish diplomats in Erbil, Iraq. “I condemn the henious attack on our diplomats in Erbil. I wish God's mercy upon our diplomat who was martyred in the attack,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter. “Turkey asked Iraqi and regional authorities to swiftly find perpetrators,” he added. Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop also said that Turkey would give the necessary response to the armed attack at a restaurant in Erbil that left a Turkish diplomat martyred. “The necessary response to this malicious attack will be shortly given,” Sentop said in a Twitter...
According to the circular signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the task of coordinating commemoration events at home, particularly in Istanbul and Ankara, and abroad was assigned to Presidency’s Directorate of Communications on the occasion of July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day. Following the coordination meetings with ministries, public agencies, non-governmental organizations and universities, “July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day Commemoration Events Strategy Paper” was drafted in order to organize commemoration events and projects in compliance with the spirit of July 15. All the events were planned in a framework to explain the July 15 Coup attempt and Fethullahist Terrorist...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the July 15 Memorial Museum, built at the Anatolian end of the July 15 Martyrs’ Bridge in Istanbul. Addressing citizens at the inauguration, President Erdoğan said July 15 was one of the most important milestones in Turkey’s history of democracy, and that the Turkish people achieved that night a great victory which will be remembered for generations. Wishing Allah’s mercy upon the martyrs of July 15, President Erdoğan, underscoring that conveying history to new generations in an accurate way is as important as making it, noted that history is not only the past of...
No network of traitors or terrorist organizations can disrupt the unity, solidarity and brotherhood in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday on the third anniversary of the July 15 failed coup attempt. Addressing the public at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Erdogan said Turkey would never be occupied by those who sold their souls to the devil. "On the night of July 15, they wanted to bury Turkey into darkness but failed, Allah ruined their traps," Erdogan said. "I salute every member of our heroic nation, who stood against planes, tanks, bullets to protect the independence of our nation and the future of...