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The U.S. withdrawal from Syria must be planned carefully and performed in cooperation with the right partners to protect the interests of Washington, the international community and the Syrian people, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday.  "Turkey, which has NATO’s second largest standing army, is the only country with the power and commitment to perform that task," Erdogan said in an article penned for The New York Times. Erdogan stressed in the op-ed that Turkey was committed to defeating Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria. Recalling Turkey’s role in the Geneva and...

Turkish Presidency’s Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun evaluated US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s contacts in Ankara via his tweets. Pointing out that Bolton completed his contacts with Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalın today at the Presidential Complex, Altun said: “I hope that he got a taste of the world famous Turkish hospitality during his visit." In his tweet, Altun added: “Türkiye's national security is non-negotiable. Our fight against terrorism isn't a question of "if" but "when." Acting like Syrian Kurds and members of a US-designated terrorist group are one and the same is an insult to...

Speaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Khan of Pakistan, President Erdoğan said: “The designation of FETO as a terrorist organization by the Pakistani Supreme Court and the transfer of their schools to the Turkish Maarif Foundation are the kind of steps that make us pleased. I believe this solidarity will continue in the upcoming period as well.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan held a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex following their meeting. Pointing out that they had the opportunity during their meeting to discuss military,...

Speaking at the opening ceremony of a factory in Manisa, President Erdoğan said: “As we have always expressed, no one who believes, trusts and invests in Turkey, with Allah’s permission, has or will regret it. The Turkish economy continues to be a safe harbor for international investors despite all the instabilities that have occurred in its environ.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated the PepsiCo and Tirsan Kardan factories in Manisa. “No one who trusts and invests in Turkey has regret it” Delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the PepsiCo factory,...

Holding a joint press conference with President Salih of Iraq, President Erdoğan said: “Our policy toward Iraq is based on preserving Iraq’s political unity and territorial integrity as well as ensuring its stability and security. Turkey is ready to make any kind of contribution to the efforts for Iraq’s stability and reconstruction.” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Barham Salih of Iraq held a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex following their tête-à-tête and the meeting between the delegations. Expressing his pleasure to host President...

Speaking at a meeting held by AK Party’s Ankara Branch, President Erdoğan said Ankara has also become the capital and heart of the defense industry over the past 16 years, adding that four of the world’s top 100 defense industry firms are located in Ankara, and that the city’s defense exports reached 873 million dollars as of the first 11 months of 2018 which he noted corresponds to almost half of Turkey’s total defense exports. President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated in the AK Party’s Mayoral Candidates and Candidates for...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday sent New Year’s greetings to the world leaders including his U.S. and Russian counterparts. In a letter to U.S.’ Donald Trump, Erdogan described 2018 as a year, which Turkey and U.S. overcame the difficulties between the two countries and they mutually exerted efforts to carry the bilateral relations to the desired level. Calling Trump a “dear friend,” Erdogan said, “I believe that we will increase our bilateral relations based on mutual respect and sincere dialogue to the levels required by our strategic partnership and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday wished "peace and tranquility" for all humanity across the world in 2019. In his message for New Year, Erdogan said: "We side with stability, justice, tolerance and peace across the world, together with our region." “Through this understanding, we defend the rights of Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Tripoli, Sarajevo, and Crimea. Turkey is “not responsible for the incidents in our region and will not be a victim of them,” Erdogan said. “Developments in Syria are the result of these efforts,” he added.  Turkey has conducted two successful cross-border...

Turkey's president on Sunday vowed that his country would continue to destroy terrorists as Ankara did in the past. "We went into the terrorists' den, destroyed and continuing to destroy them," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said indicating Ankara's recent counter-terrorism operations inside Turkey and in northwestern Syria. Erdogan was speaking at his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party meeting in Istanbul. In the last two years, Turkey has successfully carried out two counter-terrorist operations in Syria -- Operations Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch -- to eradicate the presence of YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists near Turkey’s borders,...