Government of Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on April 24 new economic facilities for tradesmen, including the exemption on special consumer tax for vehicles and tax for homemade sales made through online platforms ahead of the May 14 polls.

Türkiye has slammed U.S. President Joe Biden and some other countries over their remarks on the Armenian claims about the events of 1915.

Nation Alliance joint candidate and Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced that Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will be responsible for disaster management and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş for social policies if the opposition wins the May 14 presidential polls.

Türkiye discovered natural gas reserves valued at $1 billion in the southeastern Gabar mountain, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 23.

"We discovered $1 billion of natural gas in Gabar, and we will extract it as well," he said at the opening ceremony of Akyazı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sports Complex.

"With the steps we have taken in every field from education to healthcare, transportation to energy, we are improving the quality of life of our people and developing our country through investment, employment and production.

The chairperson of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has reiterated his opposition to the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey, saying "Turkey has not done enough to be rewarded in this way."

"I continue to be against the sale of F-16s," Senator Bob Menendez told state broadcaster ERT, adding that the Erdogan government needs to stop its belligerent behavior towards Greece.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that interest rates will fall as long as he is in power, and that inflation will decline with them, repeating his unorthodox views.

Erdogan was speaking in Istanbul weeks before a presidential election on May 14. Some anticipate a shift to more orthodox policies after the vote.

President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday flicked the switch on Turkey's first delivery of natural gas to an onshore plant from a reserve discovered in the Black Sea, and promised to provide free natural gas for households before May 14 elections.

The Turkish people and the government have not left millions of earthquake victims alone as the nation will celebrate the Eid al-Fitr, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, vowing to intensify works for temporary shelters for them in the coming weeks.

Joint presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has called on the people to end political divergences over ethnic and sectarian identities via a video message in which he highlighted his Alevi background, something many people think is a disadvantage for the opposition candidate.