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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...

International investment in Turkey amounted to over $201B in the past 16 years and the country remains attractive to foreign investment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Addressing an Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD) meeting in capital Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey is currently the 13th-largest economy based on purchasing power parity (PPP). "We hope that the country will rank as the 12th-largest economy based on PPP by end of the year [2019]," he said. Turkey's exports were $168.1 billion in 2018, he added. Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) Party has been ruling the country for over 16 years. ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the 2018 Special Awards Ceremony of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, held at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. “The common trait of all long-standing civilizations and great states in history is that they produced significant values in culture and arts,” President Erdoğan underlined. “In order to gather around our shared values and goals, we need to add new ones to the historical accumulation in culture, arts and architecture.” “IN TODAY'S AGE OF ASTONISHINGLY FAST COMMUNICATIONS, CULTURE AND ARTS' INFLUENCE IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN...

The end of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) members in Turkey and abroad is "near", President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. "I call on all FETO members inside and outside of our country. Your end is near. You have nowhere to go, no step to take," Erdogan said at a symposium on local authorities under the new presidential system. Erdogan said U.S.-based ringleader of the terror group Fetullah Gulen will come to Turkey "sooner or later". "I don't know until when those who stood behind FETO [leader Gulen] will continue supporting him, but he will sooner...

Turkish Presidency’s Director of Communications, Prof. Fahrettin Altun, issued a message due to “January 10 Working Journalists’ Day”. In his message, Fahrettin Altun said: “To meet the public's need to receive information with the principles of social responsibility is a must for journalism. Contributing to disseminating the right information to the public with the publications which protect the democratic values, respect the personal rights and safeguard the public interest under all circumstances is a basic motive of journalism. Turkey, which has become a major actor at the regional and global platforms in recent years,...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton's recent claim that Turkey “targets Kurds” in Syria. "It is impossible to accept the message given by Mr. Bolton in Israel," Erdogan told ruling Justice and Development [AK] Party's parliamentary group. "Claims that Turkey targets Kurds in Syria is dishonorable, ugly, vulgar and defaming," Erdogan said. On Sunday, Bolton had said the U.S. will not withdraw troops from northeastern Syria until the Turkish government guarantees it won’t attack “Kurdish fighters,” referring to YPG/PKK terrorist...