Akif Çağatay Kılıç

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decried the recent Quran burning incidents in several European countries as hate crimes and acts of barbarism, expressing deep concerns over the "escalating Islamophobia in Western nations."

Akif Çağatay Kılıç, foreign policy chief and security adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has engaged in a telephone conversation with U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's one-day visit to Budapest on Aug. 20 was marked by a series of diplomatic discussions as he engaged in talks with both Hungarian leaders and a contingent of international guests amid the backdrop of the World Athletics Championships hosted by Hungary.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stressed the urgent need to immediately open the Zangezur corridor and achieve a comprehensive peace agreement in order to facilitate normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has underlined that Türkiye's continued process to join the European Union has an important effect on the Turkish economy and informed that there is a positive atmosphere in Brussels for the revitalization of the bilateral ties including on the modernization of the customs union and visa liberalization.

Senior officials from Sweden and Turkey arrived at NATO headquarters Thursday to examine Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to the Nordic country joining the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan expressed Washington's satisfaction with the prevailing climate in the Aegean and the contacts between Greece and Turkey, in a telephone conversation with the Turkish president's chief adviser, Ambassador Akif Cagatay Kilic.

Turkish Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Akif Çağatay Kılıç has engaged in a phone conversation with U.S. National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan on June 27, addressing a range of issues including bilateral relations, tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Greece's recent elections and other regional matters.

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Talks for the Swedish bid to join NATO will continue in the coming period, a statement from the Turkish Communications Directorate has said, following a key meeting for the Nordic state's accession to the alliance.

The fourth meeting on a joint permanent mechanism between Türkiye, Finland, Sweden and NATO has been held in the Turkish capital Ankara on June 14.

Akif Çağatay Kılıç, the chief adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, chaired the one-day meeting at the presidential complex.