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To the members of the international press corps in Turkey: I regret to inform you that Johanna Cornelia Boersma, a freelance reporter for the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad, was deported this morning. The Communications Directorate had issued a press card for Ms. Boersma, which was valid until January 31, 2019, earlier this month. Rest assured that Ms. Boersma’s deportation was in no way related to her journalistic activities during her stay in Turkey. Seeing that this situation might be confusing, I wanted to take a moment of your time today to clarify the circumstances of Ms. Boersma’s...

Amid the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, Turkey will press the fight against terrorist group Daesh to clear it from Syrian soil, Turkey’s president said Wednesday. "Turkey will continue the fight against Daesh and eliminate this terrorist group in Syria," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a joint press conference with visiting Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in the capital Ankara. On Wednesday's suicide attack in Manbij, Syria, which initial reports say killed three U.S. soldiers, Erdogan said that he doesn't believe U.S. President Donald Trump will back down in the face of this attack, as this...

Addressing AK Party’s parliamentary group, President Erdoğan said: “Those, who want Turkey to stand idly by while numerous powers that have turned Syria into a bloodbath roam free in the region, are also the ones who plan to spread the crisis into our lands. We have never allowed anyone to do so, and we never will. We will defend to the end the rights of both ourselves and our brothers and sisters.” President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at parliamentary group meeting of the Justice and Development (AK) Party. ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote an article entitled "Turkey-Russia cooperation is of critical importance for the resolution of the Syrian crisis" for the leading Russian newspaper Kommersant. The civil war that has continued in Syria since 2011 and cost hundreds of thousands of people's lives is moving towards a new stage with the decision of the United States to withdraw its troops in the region. At the meetings which I held with US President Mr. Donald Trump in December, I explained that Turkey is committed to take the necessary steps for re-establishing peace and stability in the Middle East during...

Statement on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump: President Erdoğan spoke by phone with U.S. President Trump this evening. Recent developments in Syria as well as the bilateral relations were addressed during the phone call. Stating that Turkey welcomes President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, President Erdoğan reminded that Turkey, in this regard, stands ready to lend every kind of support to the U.S., its NATO ally. Emphasizing that the Manbij Roadmap should be completed in order to prevent any authority vacuum in the...

Turkish Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun noted that the government of the Republic of Turkey was not the enemy, but the protector of the Kurds. Indicating that there was no difference for Turkey no matter what the source of terror was, Altun said: "Terror is terror and must be eliminated at its source and this is what Turkey is exactly doing in Syria." Turkish Presidency’s Director of Communications Altun reacted on Twitter to US President Donald Trump’s posts on Syria. In his message, Altun underlined: "The government of the Republic of Turkey is...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of BMC Production and Technology Base in the Karasu district of Sakarya and conducted the test run of first domestically-produced 600-hp engine. “I thank those who have contributed to the construction of this factory with their labor, capital and ideas. I offer my gratitude to Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar for trusting in Turkey’s investment potential. We will never forget our Qatari brothers and sisters’ solidarity with us on almost all matters from the July 15 coup attempt to the attacks...

Speaking at the meeting of AK Party’s provincial heads, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey has made no concession on the democratic rule of law despite all the traps and attacks. One of the realms where the principle of the democratic rule of law functions best is our elections, a venue reflecting the national will.” President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the meeting of the party’s provincial heads. “ELECTORAL BODIES IN TURKEY SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE JUDICIARY” Underlining...