Turkish president unveils country's Judicial Reform Strategy Document which will increase citizens' confidence Turkey's new judicial reform package shows the country's commitment to full EU membership despite "unkept promises" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. "With this reform document, even though the promises given to us were not kept, we express our commitment to the full EU membership process," Erdogan told a program at Bestepe Congress Center where he unveiled the country’s Judicial Reform Strategy Document. "We believe that the completion of the EU negotiation process, which has been ongoing since 2005 despite everything, bears importance for...
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Speaking at the celebrations of the 566th anniversary of Istanbul's conquest, President Erdoğan said: “Istanbul is the heart of the world. Serving Istanbul means serving not only Turkey but also the world.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the celebrations of the 566th anniversary of Istanbul's conquest at Eurasia Performance and Arts Center in Istanbul. During his speech, President Erdoğan stressed the importance of Istanbul not only to Turkey, but also to the world. Describing the city as the apple of eyes of the world, he said: “Istanbul is the heart of the world....
Presidency’s Director of Communications Prof. Fahrettin Altun issued a condolence message on Twitter for the soldiers, who were martyred during the Operation Claw conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. In his message, Altun said: "I wish Allah’s mercy upon Raşit Aydın and Mehmet Taşhan, who were martyred during the Operation Claw conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. I would like to express my condolences to their families and our nation. May Allah always be with our brave soldiers who give no respite to terrorists."
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump in which he reiterated Ankara’s proposal to form a working group to discuss Turkey’s pending procurement of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system. Presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said on Twitter that Erdogan and Trump also discussed bilateral and regional issues. Washington has balked at Turkey's purchase of the S-400s. U.S. officials have advised Turkey to buy the Patriot missile system rather than the S-400 system from Moscow, arguing it is incompatible with NATO systems. Turkey has responded that it was...
Presidential communications director commemorated the 566th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul with a post on social media Wednesday. “We shout out! We say persistently to those who cannot stand Istanbul to become an Islamic city, to those who set an eye on these sacred lands, to those colonized minds which say ‘the persecution began in 1453’ that may the 566th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul be blessed,” Fahrettin Altun wrote on Twitter. He also hailed Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II -- who conquered Istanbul on May 29, 1453 -- and his army. Sultan Mehmet II conquered the city from where the Byzantines...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Barham Salih of Iraq, who is paying a working visit to Turkey, shared an iftar following their talks in Istanbul. First Lady Emine Erdoğan and First Lady Sarbag Salih of Iraq attended the iftar at Vahdettin Mansion. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/105549/president-erdogan-hosts-iftar-for-president-salih-of-iraq
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...
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