Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish unarmed aerial vehicles and combat drones are in the Turkish Cyprus to protect it from all sides, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in remarks published on Oct. 7. 

Erdoğan was speaking to reporters on the plane, on his way back from the European Political Community summit in Prague.

Türkiye expects the U.S. to act in cooperation with it in the fight against terrorist groups such as the PKK/YPG and the FETÖ, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 18. 

Türkiye aims to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, noting that the group's next meeting in India will be a venue to further discuss this issue.

World leaders at Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit appreciated Türkiye's mediation role in the Russia-Ukraine war, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he was always open to meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as tensions between the two historical rivals mount.

The two uneasy neighbors have for years feuded over maritime borders and energy exploration rights in disputed parts of the Aegean and in the eastern Mediterranean.

Europe will struggle this winter as Russia has choked off the supplies of natural gas that the continent depended on for years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.

"This winter will not be easy for Europe. It will be a very troubled winter. It will be a very heavy winter financially," Erdoğan told journalists on his presidential plane on his way back from Croatia on Sept. 8.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 9 that Turkish security forces had arrested a "senior executive" of the ISIL. 

Erdoğan said the commander was known as Abu Zeyd.

His real name was Bashar Khattab Ghazal al-Sumaidai, Erdoğan told reporters on board his flight home from a three-nation tour of the Balkans.

Türkiye has always followed a policy of balance between Russia and Ukraine, and will continue to do so, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 7.

President Erdoğan will embark on a three-day Balkan trip on Sept. 6 which includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. The agenda of the visits will be bilateral relations, regional peace and stability, and steps towards increasing the trade volume.

Türkiye has saved the lives of irregular migrants who were illegally pushed back by Greece, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 22.