Turkey pursues the freedom of the Arabs and the Kurds with its presence in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. "We consider the security and peace of the Arabs in Syria as our own business. We see the problems of the Kurds as our own,” Erdogan told a ceremony at the Presidential Complex in capital Ankara. Turkey also regards the security and the peace of the Turkmens as its own business, the president said. He added: “Why have we presence in Syria now? To give the freedom of our Arab and Kurdish brothers there back, not...
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Speaking at the financial session of the General Assembly of the DEİK, President Erdoğan said: “So long as we walk toward same goals, share the same enthusiasm and clamp together like the bricks of a wall, Turkey will, with Allah’s permission, continue to make new histories.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the financial session of the General Assembly of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK). “OUR EXPORT VOLUME HAS REACHED $170 BILLION” Delivering a speech at the session, President Erdoğan recalled that as of the end of this year they...
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. Mr. President congratulated the new year of the U.S. people in the person of President Trump. Besides bilateral issues, the latest developments in Syria were also discussed. Expressing his pleasure over the steps taken by the U.S. administration regarding the fight against terror in Syria, President Erdoğan stressed that Turkey is ready to provide any kind of support to the U.S., Turkey’s NATO...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the Israeli prime minister is heading "state terror", responding to his tweet attacking the Turkish president. Speaking at a mass opening ceremony in Istanbul's Arnavutkoy district, Turkish president said: "Erdogan is the voice of oppressed and you [Benjamin Netanyahu] are the voice of oppressors. You are conducting state terror." He went on to say: "Israel has no right to accuse anyone without accounting for its own sins, crimes against humanity, massacres and destruction." On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his Twitter account, attacked Turkish president over Turkey'...
The presidents of Turkey and Palestine on Saturday discussed regional developments over a phone call, according to Turkish presidential sources. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mahmoud Abbas also exchanged views on moves by various countries to relocate embassies to Jerusalem, the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said. The presidents also discussed preventing wrong steps that will hinder a solution to the Palestinian issue. Erdogan told Abbas that Turkey will continue to support Palestinian people, according to the sources. Late last year, U.S. President Donald Trump became the first leader to...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said that Turkey continues to be the stronghold of people in need. Speaking at the ordinary general assembly meeting of Turkey Youth Foundation (TUGVA) in Istanbul, Erdogan said that people in need the world over and within the country turn their “hearts and faces to Turkey” for help. “While the world’s richest countries treat refugees almost as a plague, we shared our table with millions,” Erdogan said. “No matter where in the world, we have always taken the right side,” he added. Turkey has always stood...