Turkey's president marked the 566th anniversary on Wednesday of Istanbul's conquest by Ottoman troops, "which started a new age and changed the course of world history." "May Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II and his heroic army rest in peace," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter more than half a millennium after Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II stormed the city straddling Europe and Asia on May 29, 1453. Then called Constantinople, Istanbul had previously been the metropolis from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday congratulated Azerbaijan on its 101st Republic Day. “I would like to congratulate on the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Azerbaijan. I send my greetings to the friendly and brotherly people of Azerbaijan and to my brother [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev,” Erdogan said in a Twitter post. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin also extended greetings on the Republic Day of Azerbaijan in a Twitter message, wishing Turkey and Azerbaijan “more beautiful, brighter and stronger days” in the future as “one nation, two states”. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Barham Salih of Iraq, who is paying a working visit to Turkey, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105545/president-erdogan-meets-with-president-salih-of-iraq
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun shared a post about Iraqi President Barham Salih’s visit to Turkey on his Twitter account. Stating that Salih would pay a working visit to Turkey this evening, Altun said: "Visiting President and our President @RTErdogan will meet at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul and discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. After the meeting, our President and his esteemed spouse @EmineErdogan will host Mr. Barham Salih and his distinguished spouse at an iftar (fast-breaking dinner) program.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared iftar with citizens in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105536/president-erdogan-shares-iftar-with-citizens-in-istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday observed the 59th anniversary of Turkey's first-ever military coup. “May 27, 1960 will be remembered as the first military coup and a black stain on Turkish history,” said Erdogan in a tweet. He also remembered former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes who was executed after the coup. “I remember late Adnan Menderes and his friends who were executed by the coup plotters,” Erdogan added. The decade-long Democrat Party (DP) government was ousted by a military junta which arrested, tried and jailed all its leading members. Accused of violating the constitution as well as embezzling money from state...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: "We know very well that pro-tutelage circles are waiting for an opportunity. However, they should know that Turkey today is not the Turkey of the past. The source of power is now the will of the nation in Turkey." Altun shared a post about the anniversary of May 27, 1960 military coup on his Twitter account: Noting that May 27, 1960 was the date when those who established a tutelage system in Turkey with a military coup took to the stage by neglecting the will of the people, Altun said: "While our democracy was tarnished,...
Speaking during an iftar in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said, “The issue that we, as the nation, should most care about during this critical period is to firmly preserve our unity, solidarity and brotherhood,” and added that they will not allow such debates as the Istanbul mayoral election to be turned into tools of sabotage against the Turkish people’s unity and solidarity. President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech during an iftar (fast-breaking dinner) with AK Party’s neighborhood representatives in Istanbul. “The issue that we, as the nation, should most...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Yassıada, an island located in the Sea of Marmara where former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his minister friends were sentenced to death following the May 27, 1960 coup d’état and which was officially renamed “Democracy and Freedoms Island” in 2013. President Erdoğan answered reporters’ questions during the visit. Recalling that the late Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his minister friends Hasan Polatkan and Fatin Rüştü Zorlu were tried in Yassıada and executed in İmralı following the May 27, 1960 coup d’état, President Erdoğan underlined that the era of coups d’état...