The Directorate of Communications held a panel titled “Say No to Addiction! Combating Illegal Betting and Gambling Addiction." Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and Head of Communications Burhanettin Duran delivered the opening remarks at the panel. Moderated by Prof. Merih Altıntaş, Member of the Scientific Board of the Turkish Green Crescent Society, the single-session panel featured President of the Council of Higher Education Prof. Erol Özvar, President of the Radio and Television Supreme Council Mehmet Daniş, Deputy Minister of Interior Ali Çelik, Head of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board Hasan Kaymak, and President of the Turkish Green...
Announcements & Activities
The Directorate of Communications will hold the “Japan See Again, 70 Years Later” Photography Exhibition in Tokyo on 14–15 September 2026. The programme will bring together representatives from the fields of diplomacy, culture and the arts, academia and the media, as well as invited guests. Through the universal language of photography, the programme aims to contribute to the shared memory of the two countries and highlight the reflections of Türkiye-Japan friendship in the fields of culture and the arts. As part of the event, an exhibition featuring photographs taken in Japan in 1956 and 1957 by renowned photographer İzzet Keribar will open to visitors....
The seventh episode of the “Crafting Voices: Podcasts on Migration and Communication” series, produced as part of the Voice of Migration: Future Communicators Erasmus+ Project, has been released. The guest of this episode, titled “Media Representation of Muslim Communities: Perspectives from Palermo”, is Antonina Albanese, a migration and international cooperation expert from Italy. The podcast episode explored the representation of Muslim communities in Italy’s mainstream media, with a particular focus on the case of Palermo. The episode also examined the role of media narratives in shaping public perceptions of Islam and Muslim communities, stereotypes and disinformation concerning religious and...
The Directorate of Communications organised a programme titled “A New Era in Türkiye-Somalia Relations: Trust, Cooperation and Strategic Partnership” in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Held at Aden Adde International Airport, the programme was attended by Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, Somalia’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Abdulfatah Kasim Mohamud, Coordinator of the Centre for Combating Disinformation (DMM) of the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications Deniz Demir, Somalia’s Honorary Consul in Afyonkarahisar Onur Çelik, Director of the Office of the Speaker of the House of the People...
The “Türkiye: A Strong Hub for Investment” media programme was held in İstanbul from 3 to 6 September, in cooperation between the Directorate of Communications and the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency. Dina Abi Saab, President of the Association of Correspondents Accredited to the United Nations (ACANU) and a senior correspondent at the UN Office at Geneva, and John Zarocostas, a Geneva-based international journalist who participated in the programme, shared their views on the programme and Türkiye with an Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondent. Saab said her visit to İstanbul left her with the impression of a country...
On 10 September 2026, the Directorate of Communications will hold the "A New Era in Türkiye–Somalia Relations: Trust, Cooperation, and Strategic Partnership" Panel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, with the aim of addressing the deep-rooted, multidimensional relations between Türkiye and Somalia in terms of strategic partnership, mutual trust, and cooperation. At the panel, critical issues such as the historical background of relations between the two countries, the strategic dimension of bilateral relations, the current state of bilateral cooperation and areas for further development will be discussed from an academic and holistic perspective. The Presidency's Head of Communications Prof....
The “Say No to Addiction: Panel on Combating Illegal Betting and Gambling Addiction” will be held by the Directorate of Communications on 9 September 2026 at 9:00 a.m. The panel will take place in the Conference Hall of the Directorate of Communications. To register for the panel, please "click here"
Ahead of the 13th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), to be held in Ankara on 29–30 October 2026, the Directorate of Communications is organising a series of panels in OTS member and observer countries. The first event in the series took place today in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. As part of the programme, the first event was a panel discussion entitled ''Turkic World Dialogues: Shared Future, Shared Vision". The programme’s opening remarks were delivered by Türkiye’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Mustafa Kapucu, while the Presidency’s Head of Communications, Prof....
The Directorate of Communications will hold a Panel titled "Turkic World Dialogues: Shared Future, Shared Vision" in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Ahead of the 13th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), to be held in Ankara on 29–30 October 2026, the Directorate plans to organise a series of panels titled ''Turkic World Dialogues: Shared Future, Shared Vision'' in the OTS member and observer states. The first panel in the series will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on 4 September 2026. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Bülent BAYRAM, Vice...