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‘This award encourages us in our peace-efforts’

Prime Minister Erdoğan was presented with the King Faisal International Prize during a ceremony held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the award ceremony, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed that Turkey is exerting sincere effort in order to establish peace and stability in the region on a global level.
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“I pity the willingness of the US to sacrifice Turkey”

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Erdoğan responded to the recent passing of the Armenian resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, “I pity the willingness to sacrifice Turkey for a basic Diaspora move, it makes me laugh.”...
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Prime Minister Erdoğan is headed for England and Switzerland

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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is scheduled to pay trips to England and Switzerland on March 16th-17th....
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Gül: Timing is the only problem

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After meeting with Republican People’s Party Leader Baykal the day prior, yesterday President Gül met with Prime Minister Erdoğan, Nationalist Movement Party Leader Bahçeli and Peace and Democracy Party Chairman Demirtaş. ...
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What Ankara will do

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Ankara will absolutely continue to exert efforts to ensure the resolution is not immediately brought to the General Assembly. ...
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Gül takes an initiative for amendments to be made outside of the ballot box

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President Abdullah Gül embarked upon a round of meetings with leaders from the oppositional parties yesterday in order to discuss his objective of a constitutional amendment package without a referendum. ...
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Reform package to be brought to the assembly in spring

Erdoğan has announced that he will be sending the constitutional amendment package, which also encompasses items on judicial reform, to the Assembly as soon as possible. The prime minister also stated, “We are not talking about an A to Z alteration of the constitution.”...
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A comforting message from a dinner summit

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An emphasis was placed on trust during a meeting held yesterday between the President, Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, in the Cankaya Presidential Palace. A number of messages were released following the meeting, including; “let’s not deteriorate the various establishments and that the situation is under control.” ...
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Two critical days in Ankara

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Today: President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Basbug held a meeting at the Cankaya Presidential Palace at 11:00....
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Gül hosts high judges

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After the recent judicial crisis resulting in discord in Erzurum, Erzincan and Ankara, President Abdullah Gül hosted Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Judge Hasan Gerçeker, and Council of State President Mustafa Birden in the Çankaya Palace in order to discuss their views on the ‘judicial reform’ initiative. ...
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