President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated his South African counterpart Wednesday in a phone call. Cyril Ramaphosa, 66, a former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, was sworn in Saturday as the country’s sixth democratically elected president. Ramaphosa pledged to revitalize the nation’s stagnating economy, create jobs and rid the country of corruption, which is widespread. He has also named a new Cabinet, 50% of which are women. “For the first time in the history of our country, half of all ministers are women,” he said in a televised address to the nation last month. Ramaphosa said he reduced the number...
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Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun shared a tweet on the occasion of June 5, World Environment Day and said: "It is a part of our gratitude to protect the beauties that the God has presented to us. The respect and awareness towards the nature and all living creatures of the universe is the responsibility of all of us from the individuals to the states. The greatest heritage that we will leave to the next generations is a cleaner and greener world.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had phone talks with various country leaders on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan. President Erdogan spoke to Azarbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Nursultan Nazarbayev, former Kazakh president, exchange greetings over Eid. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/president-erdogan-leaders-exchange-greetings-over-eid/1496993
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun shared a message on his twitter account on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. In his message, Altun said the following: “I wish our nation and the world of Islam a very happy Eid al-Fitr; May you spend a healthy, happy and peaceful Eid in which we remember, we are remembered, we embrace one another, meet at tables of friendly conversations and further strengthen our fraternity ties, and I would like to say #eidmubarak.”
The Operation Claw in northern Iraq against the PKK terrorist organization “resolutely” continues, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “Operation Claw continues. There is no slightest deviation. The operation continues resolutely," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. The Turkish Armed Forces launched Operation Claw against the PKK terror group on May 27. Earlier, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that Turkish security forces neutralized a total of 64 terrorists since May 27 both at home and in northern Iraq. Akar said a total of 28 terrorists were neutralized as part of Operation Claw, 25 others during air operations in northern Iraq, and 11 terrorists across Turkey. Authorities...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exchanged Eid greetings with citizens and answered reporters’ questions on his way out of the Istanbul Camlica Mosque, where he performed the Eid prayer. Thanking Allah for allowing us to live Eid al-Fitr this year as well, President Erdoğan expressed his wish for the Eid to conduce to the unity and solidarity of the entire Islamic ummah and the humanity. Syrian regime’s attacks in Idlib In answer to a question regarding the Syrian regime’s attacks in Idlib, President Erdoğan pointed out that he discussed the issue by phone with his Russian...
"In a national television program, the insulting statements about the generals who command the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) expressed by a commentator participating in the program are extremely disturbing. It is another great misfortune that the person who makes these statements also expresses the name of our President. We cannot excuse any attack coming from inside and outside the country against our heroic Army, which our President defines as “our greatest strength”, or any offensive who want to siege our country by using terrorist organizations, who threaten our national security and who try to deprive of our international rights. ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105609/president-erdogan-receives-trnc-pm-tatar
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received European Union Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105607/president-erdogan-receives-eu-commissioner-avramopoulos-