Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

With days left for the NATO Summit in Madrid, Türkiye has reiterated that Sweden and Finland should take binding and concrete steps to fulfill its demands regarding the fight against terrorism if they want to join the alliance.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on June 25  about the country's bid to join NATO, a statement by the communications directorate has said. 

According to the statement, Erdoğan said Stockholm needs to change its attitude towards PKK terror organization and its Syria branch YPG. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.N. secretary-general on June 20 spoke over phone and discussed initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, Türkiye's Communications Directorate said in a statement.

The call addressed the initiatives aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the statement. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has underlined that developed nations are hosting 2.7 refugees per 1,000, while underdeveloped countries are sheltering more than twice this figure, blaming them for using the global refugee problem as advertising material.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is planning to talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the coming days to find a way to export Ukraine's grain to the world markets through the Black Sea.

The government will continue its investments in the country's eastern provinces for prosperity and fair development of the entire country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, stressing that they are not discriminating against anyone because of their ethnicity.

As long as the "terrorists take part in their parliaments", Turkey will not allow them to enter NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 8 elaborating on Sweden and Finland's bid to join the alliance.

The government will continue lowering interest rates, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, vowing to fight against the rising cost of living.

"This government will not hike interest rates. No one should expect us to do this. On the contrary, we will keep lowering the rates," Erdoğan said following a cabinet meeting in Ankara on May 6.

Turkey and Pakistan have vowed to further strengthen their bilateral ties in all fields during Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to Ankara as two states celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 30 it was essential to create a "safe zone" inside Syria near the Turkish border, his office said.