Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Mayor of Istanbul (1994-98). Prime Minister of Turkey (2003-14). President of the Republic (since 2014)

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Letter from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Armenians of Turkey

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Ankara (Turkey) | 24 April 2021

Reverend Sahak Maşalyan, Armenian Patriarch of Turkey, Distinguished members of the Armenian community, My treasured citizens,
I salute you with my heartfelt feelings and affection.
I remember with respect the Ottoman Armenians, who lost their lives under the harsh conditions of the First (...)

Turkey and Russia Joint Declaration

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Vladimir Putin

Istanbul (Turkey) | 8 January 2020

BILATERAL
We, the Presidents of Turkey and Russia, have been developing constructive bilateral relations in a wide spectrum of areas on the basis of mutual respect. Today’s inauguration of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline, which we are realizing here in Istanbul, is a concrete example of (...)

“Trump Is Right on Syria. Turkey Can Get the Job Done”

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Istanbul (Turkey) | 7 January 2019

President Trump made the right call to withdraw from Syria. The United States withdrawal, however, must be planned carefully and performed in cooperation with the right partners to protect the interests of the United States, the international community and the Syrian people. Turkey, which has (...)

Ceremony marking the completion of TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , Vladimir Putin

19 November 2018

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (retranslated): Mr President of the Russian Federation, my friend Vladimir Putin. Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you from the bottom of my heart, with love and respect.
First of all, I would like to address the President of the Russian Federation, Mr (...)

«The World Must Stop Assad»

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Ankara (Turkey) | 11 September 2018

Across Turkey’s southern border, Bashar Assad’s criminal regime has for seven years targeted Syria’s citizens with arbitrary arrests, systematic torture, summary executions, barrel bombs, and chemical and conventional weapons. As a result of the Syrian civil war, which the United Nations Human (...)

Erdoğan threatens the European Union

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

18 March 2016

We are reproducing here an extract from the televised speech given by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the occasion of the ceremonies for the 101st anniversary of the battle of Çanakkale («the battle of the Dardanelles»), and in remembrance of the victims of the attack perpetrated in Ankara a (...)

Message from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ont the events of 1915

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Ankara (Turkey) | 23 April 2014

The 24th of April carries a particular significance for our Armenian citizens and for all Armenians around the world, and provides a valuable opportunity to share opinions freely on a historical matter.
It is indisputable that the last years of the Ottoman Empire were a difficult period, (...)

Statement by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at 66th UN General Assembly

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

New York (USA) | 22 September 2011

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, addresses the general debate of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly. © UN Photo/Marco Castro
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates,
I warmly and respectfully greet you all and hope (...)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Statement on Libya

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Istanbul (Turkey) | 3 May 2011

Distinguished Members of Press, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to extend my greetings to you, and welcome you all to this press conference in which we will review recent developments in Libya.
As you are aware, we are following the developments in Libya with (...)

Remarks by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the 64th UN General Assembly

by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

New York (USA) | 24 September 2009

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to address you once again on the occasion of the General Debate of the
64th session of the General Assembly.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. (...)

“A call for respect and calm”

by José Luis R. Zapatero , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

2 March 2006

With increasing worry, we witness the tensions provoked by the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in the European journals which have been considered offensive by the Muslisms. We make a call for respect and calm and we ask the voice of reason to be heard. Last year Turkey and (...)

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