President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the award ceremony of the Turkey 7th International Contest of Memorization and Fine Recitation of the Holy Quran at Istanbul Camlica Mosque. Vice President Fuat Oktay and Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum accompanied President Erdoğan at the ceremony. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105515/president-erdogan-attends-award-ceremony-of-international-holy-quran-memorization-and-recitation-contest
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Addressing artists and athletes during an iftar in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: “We work to reinvigorate the most ancient civilization in the world, to make it productive again and to turn it into a center of attraction once again. Civilizations that are not strong in arts and sports remain incomplete. We are proud of the works of art our ancestors created, the successes they achieved and the legacy they left behind in these areas.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared iftar with artists and athletes in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105511/-civilizations-not-strong-in-arts-and-sports-remain-incomplete-
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun said: "I commemorate with mercy the master of Turkish literature Necip Fazıl Kısakürek on the 36th anniversary of his death.” On Twitter, Altun shared the following tweet: "Upon the 36th anniversary of his death, I commemorate with mercy the master of Turkish literature Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, who presents an alternative politics of memory and concept of history with his works and ideas, and is one of the powerful representatives of domestic and national contemplation.”
The Uber is a closed debate for Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Speaking after an iftar, fast breaking dinner, in Istanbul, Erdogan said: "The Uber issue is over for us as the government of Turkish Republic." He said Uber is not different from unlicensed taxi driving and it is entrenching upon the taxi drivers. The ride-sharing company left Turkey after Erdogan rejected to give an appointment to the head of Uber, he said. Also touching on the March 31 local polls in Turkey, Erdogan said 754 presiding officers in Istanbul were appointed unlawfully, referring to the reason of...
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun offered his condolences to the family of İhsan Öztoklu, who was elected the Mayor of Doğanhisar as MHP’s candidate from Nation’s Alliance and lost his life after being stabbed in Konya, and to MHP community. Altun shared a post on his Twitter account for Öztoklu, who lost his life at the hospital he was taken after being stabbed in Başköy Neighborhood of Doğanhisar District, Konya. Fahrettin Altun posted the following: “I am deeply sorrowed over the death of İhsan Öztoklu, who was elected the Mayor of...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the Hacı Osman Torun Mosque in Istanbul. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105499/president-erdogan-inaugurates-haci-osman-torun-mosque-
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun expressed condolences for Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondent Abdulkadir Nişancı, who went missing after falling off a cliff and whose body was found today, and for the soldiers who were martyred during the lookout for Nişancı. Altun shared a post on his Twitter account about Abdulkadir Nişancı, the AA correspondent who fell off a cliff and went missing during a news follow-up on the road building works at Mt. Soğanlı between Bayburt and Trabzon, and whose body was found 13 days later. Stating that there has been a hopeful search...
Organized by the Turkish Presidency, the exhibition containing the works of Ara Güler, a photographer and photo journalist who died last year, met with art lovers in Paris, the capital of France. The exhibition inaugurated at the Paris's famous art gallery Polka Gallery was attended by Turkey's Ambassador to Paris Ismail Hakkı Musa, Chief Advisor to the President Fecir Alptekin, diplomatic representatives and, many Turkish and French guests. The exhibition which constitutes mainly of Ara Güler's Istanbul photographs, also includes scenes of Anatolia and a selection of historical portraits from Jean Renoir to Nazım Hikmet, from Aş...
Presidency’s Directorate of Communications organized a panel titled “Turkish-American Relations: Same Origin, New Vision” at Harvard Club in New York. Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran, Altinbas University Rector and Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Committee Prof. Çağrı Erhan and CNN Turk General Manager Bora Bayraktar attended the panel as speakers. The panel was moderated by Cameron Munter, the President of the EastWest Institute. Kıran described Turkey-US relations as multilateral rather than bilateral. Recalling the alliance between the two countries on Kosovo, Korea, and Afghanistan in the past, Kıran said: “History has...