President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad held a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex following their tête-à-tête and the meeting between the delegations. “We will increase the bilateral trade volume to $100 million” Drawing attention to the two countries’ bilateral trade volume, which stands at some 60 million dollars, President Erdoğan pointed out that this figure is not sufficient for Turkey and Chad, whose total population is over 97 million, and noted: “We have affirmed our determination to increase our bilateral trade volume...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, at the Presidential Complex. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/102192/u-s-president-trump-s-senior-adviser-kushner-at-the-presidential-complex
Making a speech at the meeting, President Erdoğan underlined that it is not possible to speak of a physical underdevelopment in the cities of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia, nor in any of the other cities of Turkey. Noting that Turkey is surrounded by ongoing or potential crises in its region, President Erdoğan stated that the country is working to be an island of peace and stability in such a difficult geography. “We saw the plot staged in Syria and changed the course of events by entering the field” Pointing to the strong defiance displayed by Turkey...
Turkey will not change course on buying the S-400 missile defense system from Russia, but the country could also accept a "good offer" on U.S. Patriot missiles, the country's president said Tuesday. Changing course on Turkey's deal to purchase the S-400s is "definitely" out of the question, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told private channel NTV. "Regarding the Patriot issue, if you [the U.S.] provide us good conditions, we are open to that as well. We have to work with alternatives," Erdogan stressed. After protracted efforts to purchase air defense systems from the U.S. with no...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at a campaign rally in the province of Giresun in the run-up to the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. “Turkey embraces millions of oppressed people” Stating that Turkey ranks 1st in the world in humanitarian aid in proportion to national income, and that the Turkish economy has grown by 3.5 times and the national income per capita has increased to 11 thousand dollars during AK Party governments, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey embraces and protects millions of oppressed and wronged people. Underscoring that Turkish...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at a campaign rally in the province of Tokat in the run-up to the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. “We will enable Syrian refugees to return to their homeland with their minds at peace” “Today, Turkey does not need anyone’s permission to protect its national interests,” President Erdoğan underscored, adding that it gives no respite to world’s deadliest terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, and is capable of conducting all kinds of operations with its own weapons,...
President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at a campaign rally in the province of Yozgat in the run-up to the local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. Underlining that they are waging a historic struggle in order for Turkey to take its rightful place in today’s changing world, President Erdoğan noted: “In this struggle of ours, we are faced with terrorist organizations, so many powers plotting against our region, cruel regimes that oppress their own people, hitmen that recognize no rules or morals, and insidious circles that use diplomacy, economy...
A safe zone in Turkey - Syria's border should be under Turkey's control, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. In a televised interview, Erdogan said Turkey is the first country to be affected by the heavy gunfire. “I will take my precaution in the opposite country,” he added. The Turkish president said peaceful and stabilized environment built in Syria’s Afrin, Jarabulus and al-Bab provinces should be sustained in border regions. “It is important for us that the U.S. decision to withdraw from Syria does not lead to...
Europe owes its current peace to the sacrifices of Turkey and its people, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Speaking at a rally in southeastern Kahramanmaras province, Erdogan said the Syrians, who fled civil war in their country and took shelter in Turkey, "missed their country." "They [Syrians] want to return to their homeland as soon as possible," he added. The Turkish president said around 311,000 Syrians have returned to areas in Afrin, Jarablus and Idlib that are cleared of terrorists by Turkish forces and its allies. Erdogan noted that Turkey was pushing to make the region of Idlib totally...