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AK Party Spokesperson Çelik: The important thing is to achieve permanent peace
“IT MAKES THE NATO SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN Türkiye MUCH MORE CRITICAL”
President Erdoğan’s “The world is bigger than 5.” Underlining that these are days when the meaning of his words should be better understood, Çelik said, “Peace has become too complex and fragile to be handed over only to the 5 members of the United Nations Security Council or the existing mechanisms. Any diplomacy table to be established here in Türkiye will be extremely important in terms of naming these values correctly and updating the approaches that will ensure the security of everyone. Of course, all this discussion makes the NATO Summit in Türkiye, which will be held in the coming months, much more critical. Here, in a sense, the Atlantic Alliance is concerned with its own future.” “A picture will emerge clearly in which the European and American relations will face their own future in terms of security architecture. Perhaps, to put it more simply, for some, a picture will clearly emerge in which the answer to a question such as ‘okay or continue?'” made his assessment.
“ISRAEL CONTINUES ITS OCCUPATION POLICY AND AGGRESSIVENESS”
Stating that recent actions such as Venezuela and Iran have set “very bad examples” for the world system, Çelik said that the erosion of basic values shows that major disruptions and problems have emerged in the functioning of basic security architectures.
“While all this is happening, Israel continues its policy of occupation and aggression.” Çelik said, “It is targeting Lebanon and Syria, trying to pit the Gulf countries against each other. It is trying to create crises on the African side, as in the case of Somaliland. It is necessary to evaluate this whole picture correctly and produce the right approaches for the construction of a new future. But now, everyone who believes in civilized values and the right security architecture should support the negotiations to be held in Pakistan, turning first into a permanent ceasefire and then into a permanent peace in a fair and equitable manner. Everyone’s support for this is critical for the future of the region and global security.” he said.
“OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WILL ALSO FORM THE GROUND FOR THE SIGNINGS WE WILL MAKE IN THE FUTURE”
Reminding that the 25th anniversary of the AK Party will be celebrated in the coming period, Çelik emphasized that almost “250 years of history have been compressed” in terms of both international politics and domestic politics in 25 years.
Stating that very important phases in the history of Turkish democracy were left behind in this process, Çelik said:
“Very important phases of the world took place during the prime ministry and presidency of our President. In all of this, our President’s leadership and the determination of our staff kept Türkiye out of all these crises, chaos and turbulence. That is why today, as the People’s Alliance, we look to the future with more will and confidence. While we maintain great determination and self-confidence to achieve the goals of the Turkey Century of our Republic and democracy, we are also heading towards these goals with a higher energy compared to our first days. That is why it is the 25th year.” “Our celebrations will, in a way, form the basis for the signatures we will make for the future, and we will evaluate them together.”
“WE THINK GREECE SHOULD ACT IN A LEGAL AND EQUITY MANNER”
Referring to the continuing unfair and unlawful practices of Greece towards the Turks in Western Thrace, Çelik said, “Unfortunately, their right to elect their own muftis has been unlawfully violated by Greece for years. Finally, there have been two such practices. We think that Greece should act in accordance with the law and equity here. Interferences in the right of the Turkish minority there to elect their muftis do not produce correct results in terms of Turkey-Greece relations. However, such an approach is in accordance with the law there.” “If it were exhibited, this would be correct in terms of ensuring the rights of the Turkish minority and would make more positive contributions to Türkiye-Greece relations.”
Responding to the question regarding the Terror-Free Türkiye process, Çelik emphasized that the National Solidarity, Fraternity and Democracy Commission established in the Turkish Grand National Assembly has successfully completed its work.
Çelik also answered questions from members of the press.
Reminding that in the report prepared by the commission, it was stated that steps would be taken after the terrorist organization laid down its arms, Çelik said, “In terms of the goal of a terrorist-free Turkey and a terrorist-free region, the main focus is to remove the terrorist organization from the agenda. The main focus is the complete dissolution of the structure of this terrorist organization by laying down arms and completing this. In addition, the elimination of its legal and illegal elements and structures, including its structure in Europe and other countries.” he said.
Noting that the Turkish Grand National Assembly clarified the road map with the commission work, Çelik continued as follows:
“Something that needs to be seen now is that, as you know, there was a symbolic burning of a group of weapons, but after that it needs to be continued systematically, that is, except for the evacuation of some caves. Therefore, the full phase of the terrorist organization’s disarmament needs to be seen. Once this phase is fully seen, the state institutions are doing their duties in line with the instructions they have received regarding this, as required by the state policy, and are following this process.
In other words, the confirmation and criticism mechanism works extremely efficiently. Therefore, when it is confirmed that the terrorist organization has laid down its arms, both parties are already working on legal regulations. These are shared among the parties through the usual parliamentary procedures and a conclusion is reached there. “In today’s world, both the region and Türkiye need to be saved from the primitiveness of terrorism.”
“THE CONGRESS IS TRYING TO REFLECT ITS SIMULATION ON TURKISH POLITICS”
Asked about CHP Chairman Özgür Özel’s evaluation of the by-election request, Çelik said, “One of the most basic definitions of CHP in Turkish political life is the ‘party of congresses’. In other words, it is a party that goes to congresses when it gets bored. For example, we say ‘CHP has nothing to say about the stability of Türkiye, because it is a party that has not been able to ensure its own stability.’ Mr. Özgür Özel’s period is a period of complete chaos.” made his statements.
Çelik stated that CHP Chairman Özel thinks that Türkiye is governed by the logic of the congress and said, “Now, when you talk about Türkiye’s stable administration and the goals that Türkiye needs to achieve, ‘Is the AK Party afraid of the election?’ He brings an argument saying: We have come to power by defeating you at the ballot box many times, throughout our entire political life, for 25 years. This is not something we should be afraid of. “Our favorite thing is the ballot box, but when we look at the picture around us regarding Türkiye’s stability and the targets to be achieved, we say that the elections must be held correctly and on time.” he said.
Emphasizing that the government is obliged to make the best use of the time given by the citizens in the elections, Çelik said:
“When an election comes to the agenda in an imprudent manner, the question to be asked to the ruling party is ‘I gave you a period of time. In this period, you need to achieve the following goals of Türkiye. Why are you bringing the election to the agenda?’ happens. For them, this is an agenda like holding a congress every once in a while. Therefore, he is trying to reflect his own congress simulation on Turkish politics. It has no effect on us. Even if the latter really wants such a thing, and we see that he does this for many tactical reasons. Because today, there are contradictions in the statements of the people he vouches for and the people he is doing politics for.”
Ömer Çelik said, “This is a very grave situation for a well-established party like CHP. Of course, CHP was our rival in the past. We have done politics in competition with other chairmen, but we have never seen such a discourse and CHP administration disconnected from national and international realities before.” he said.
“GOOD LUCK FOR OUR BURSA”
When asked how he evaluated the criticisms after Bursa Metropolitan Municipality passed to the AK Party, Çelik reminded that the majority in the Bursa Municipal Council was in the People’s Alliance.
Çelik said:
“After the Mayor was dismissed as a result of judicial processes, the democratic mechanism foreseen by the constitution and the law worked. There, the candidate of the People’s Alliance received the votes of the People’s Alliance and the votes of the independents and achieved this result as a result of the will of the nation. Now, whether they entered the elections or not, this is their business, it is their own business, it does not concern us. The office represented by the members of the Municipal Council is an office that emerged as a result of the will of the people. How the judicial processes are “The decision was taken and the issue was known and everything happened in front of the public. The members of the People’s Alliance, who represent the will of our citizens in Bursa, signed this result together with the independents there. Congratulations to our friend who won. The system, the mechanism has worked, the result has been achieved.”
Ömer Çelik was also asked how he evaluated the threat of actor Görkem Sevindik, who reacted to Israel’s death penalty law on social media, by the Israeli Minister.
Çelik said that Israel did not introduce the death penalty into its own constitutional order, but only introduced the death penalty to massacre Palestinians in a racist and discriminatory manner.
“There is a cover for this mechanism. That is, it should be passed by the parliament. It is a shame for any parliament to sign such a decision. This is a decision no different from genocide. When you make such a decision, whether ethnic or religious, targeting only a certain group, this is genocide. This is religious fanaticism, nothing else. This theopolitical approach, this racism is against all basic human rights documents, all basic human values. Essentially, there is a budget problem in Israel.” In his domestic politics, the racist fanatic minister who repeatedly disrespects Al-Aqsa Mosque supports him only on this condition. Then, the genocidal Netanyahu’s Party acts together and makes this decision. Now, what was Netanyahu saying? We are the defenders of Western values in the Middle East. Now we need to turn to the West and ask about democracy, human rights, the rule of law, Universal Humanity. “When you look at it from the perspective of the Declaration of Rights, do you think that this genocidal network represents you with the decision to execute the Palestinians? Why do other leaders in Europe, apart from Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez, not speak out? We congratulate Prime Minister Sanchez and the people of Spain.”
“BEING THREATENED BY THE RACIST, FANATIC, ISRAELI MINISTER IS A MEDAL OF HONOR FOR Mr. Görkem”
Çelik evaluated that the “noble, noble” words spoken by Sanchez could not be uttered by other European leaders and stated that the noble and noble people of Europe took to the streets for Gaza in the streets of European states and they did not hesitate to do so.
Ömer Çelik underlined that the noble and noble people of Europe carried out great actions and gave great messages in the name of human dignity and dignity, and said:
“At the end of the day, why are the administrations in Europe silent in the face of this death sentence taken by Israel, and Israel says this by saying ‘I represent Western values’. Görkem Sevindik made a very nice sentence. Artists glorify human honor and dignity. Art is made to glorify people, to protect human values. Therefore, many artists in the West risked their careers in the face of Gaza and gave very strong messages. The message Görkem Sevindik gave is also a very valuable message. Being threatened by a racist, fanatic Israeli Minister is a badge of honor for Mr. Görkem. What is revealed is just the artist’s sensitivity towards humanity. We congratulate him for that.”
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US political scientist Norton: Land grabbing and exploitation of resources became visible with the Palestinian struggle!
THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ACADEMY IS STILL LIMITED
Evaluating the approach of universities and media organizations in the West to the Palestine issue, Norton said that students and academics have a more open attitude in academic circles, but they do not have enough power over decision-making structures.
Norton, however, pointed out that the recent increase in unionization movements, especially among graduate students, could change the balance of power in the academy, and emphasized that this process could “significantly transform the academic ecosystem.”
“DECOLONIZED THOUGHT IS NOT NOURISHED FROM A SINGLE CULTURAL SOURCE”
When asked what the decolonized idea would be like in practice, Norton replied that “it has not yet fully emerged, but some of its features can already be seen.”
Emphasizing that the decolonization of thought should not be stuck on a single cultural basis, on the contrary, it should have a pluralistic structure, Norton said, “We can also see the features that this structure may have. It will not only be fed by a single cultural source, but will be fed by more than one cultural source. People who talk about politics will benefit from these different sources when expressing their views and ideas in public.” he said. Emphasizing that social media accelerates the circulation of information, but that this area is under the control of large companies and oligarchs in the West, Norton said, “One of the problems in the West is that social media is very strongly controlled by companies and oligarchs. This needs to be broken.” he said. Pointing out that Istanbul can become one of the global information production centers, Norton stated that the Palestinian press provides a remarkable example in this regard. “The Palestinian press stands out for two things: one is their extraordinary courage, and the other is that they actually produce the news,” Norton said. made his assessment.
Stating that centers such as Brazil and Argentina, as well as Istanbul, can be effective in the production of news and ideas on a global scale, Norton said that Türkiye’s historical and cultural heritage provides a significant advantage in this respect.
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BREAKING NEWS… Statement from the Ministry of National Defense on the ‘Blue Homeland’ law: Our maritime authority responsibilities will be determined
Making a statement at the weekly press briefing held at the Ministry, Rear Admiral Zeki Aktürk, Press and Public Relations Advisor of the Ministry of National Defense, stated that the Turkish Armed Forces continue their fight against threats to the security of the country within and beyond the border. Referring to the activities regarding border security, Aktürk said, “Within the scope of search-scanning and border security activities carried out throughout the week in order to establish permanent security, caves, bunkers and shelters, mines and hand-made explosive detection and destruction activities were carried out effectively in the operation areas.”
Giving information about the data of the last week at the borders, Aktürk said, “258 people, including 1 member of a terrorist organization, were caught at our borders, and the number of people caught trying to cross our borders illegally from January 1 to today is 2 thousand 944. With 1,344 people blocked, the number of people blocked this year has reached 29 thousand 194.”
SHIPS WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 19
“We are already celebrating our 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk and Youth and Sports Day,” said Aktürk, adding that within the scope of the celebrations, the Naval Forces Command will visit 22 ports with 30 ships and the ships will be opened to the public. Aktürk also said that demonstration flights will be performed by Turkish Stars in Çorum on May 16, and by SOLOTÜRK and Turkish Stars in Samsun on May 19.
In the statement made by the Ministry of National Defense, it was stated that the studies on the Maritime Jurisdiction Areas Law are a framework regulation that will determine the responsibilities in the maritime jurisdictions and eliminate the deficiencies in the domestic law legislation, and that the final studies on the text of the law are continuing. The statement said, “The study of the Maritime Jurisdiction Areas Law is a framework law that will determine the responsibilities in our maritime jurisdictions and eliminate the deficiencies in our domestic legal legislation.”
In the statement, which stated that the Ministry contributed to the said studies at different levels, it was said: “Our Ministry has participated in the said law studies at the military, technical, academic and legal levels, and our contributions have been conveyed to the relevant institutions. The final studies on the text of the law in question are being carried out by the relevant institutions of our country. Our Turkish Armed Forces will continue to protect the rights and interests of our country in the maritime jurisdiction areas with determination, as always.”
The indictment has been completed in the corruption, bribery and extortion investigation carried out against 19 suspects, 7 of whom are detained, including former Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan and Deputy Mayor Süleyman Can.
In the 178-page indictment, a prison sentence of 90 years and 3 months to 263 years and 6 months was requested for Özcan for qualified fraud, alleging that 845 thousand liras of sacrificial donations collected from 34 citizens through the BOLSEV Foundation were used without making any cuts.
The indictment also alleged that advertising contracts were made with markets, pressure was applied to chain markets that did not accept them, and irregularities were made in the licensing processes.
It was stated that Özcan and Süleyman Can demanded 2 million 500 thousand liras from a contractor in return for the license process, and 1 million 500 thousand liras were planned to be in cash and 1 million 500 thousand liras in cheque. It was requested that Süleyman Can be sentenced to 27 years and 6 months to 64 years in prison.
It was also claimed that a 35-minute audio recording was included in the file within the scope of the investigation and that some payments were sent back as “refunds”. Özcan denied the accusations and claimed that he had no intention of fraud.
Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) Health Sector Board Chairman İhsan Şahin announced that they will open a hospital in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, next month with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkey has also taken the great transformation experienced in the field of health to the African and Central Asian countries with which it has close ties. Explaining that Türkiye has built turnkey hospitals in more than 20 countries, Şahin said, “We have no competitors in this field. We can deliver a functioning system by installing the automation systems in it. Public officials from Central Asian and African countries come and see the hospitals in Türkiye and are very impressed. We go and do the same in their countries. Now we will start to establish consumable factories abroad in the same way. The hospital in Senegal will be the newest hospital in West Africa equipped with the latest technology.”
TURKISH HOSPITALS IN 22 COUNTRIES
The hospital that Türkiye plans to open in Senegal will have a closed area of 20 thousand square meters. The hospital, built by the Turkish company Sıla Group, was designed with a capacity of 100 beds. To date, Turkey has completed many turnkey hospitals in African and Central Asian countries such as Iraq, Libya, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Senegal, Somalia, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Burkino Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Libya, Comoros, Algeria and Nigeria.
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN HOSPITAL BECAME SOMALIA’S HEALTH CENTRAL BASE
While Türkiye’s health investments in Africa emerged as a humanitarian aid-oriented approach, one of the most concrete examples of this transformation was the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Training and Research Hospital operating in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Opened by the Erdoğan couple in 2015, the hospital with a capacity of 400 beds serves approximately 1600 patients a day. The Palestine-Türkiye Friendship Hospital, built by TIKA in Gaza, became unusable after Israeli attacks. TİKA established the Turkish-Libyan Friendship Physical Therapy Center for war victims in Misrata, Libya, and opened it in 2021.
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Enthusiastic welcome to President Erdoğan in Kazakhstan: The target for bilateral trade volume is 15 billion dollars
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was welcomed with a magnificent ceremony in Kazakhstan yesterday. At the first stop of his contacts, Erdoğan will meet with Kazakhstan President Kasım Cömert Tokayev at the Independence Palace today. Following the one-on-one meeting between the two leaders, the Turkey-Kazakhstan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council Meeting will be chaired. During the meetings, all aspects of the “enhanced strategic partnership” framework between the two countries will be discussed, and steps towards further strengthening political, economic and regional cooperation will be evaluated.
THE BUSINESS WORLD WILL MEET
One of the most important topics of the visit will be economic relations. The 15 billion dollar trade volume target set between Türkiye and Kazakhstan and joint projects in the field of energy will be on the table. In this context, new agreements and cooperation protocols are expected to be signed in various fields.
In addition, Erdoğan and Tokayev are planned to attend the Turkey-Kazakhstan Business Forum, meet with representatives of the business world and evaluate investment opportunities. Approximately 4 thousand Turkish capital companies operate in Kazakhstan. Erdogan will attend the Unofficial Leaders Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Turkestan tomorrow.
‘WELCOME TO ATA HOME’
President Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan were welcomed by Kazakhstan President Kasım Cömert Tokayev at Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev Airport. Erdoğan responded to the children chanting “Welcome to the homeland” with “We welcome you.” Erdoğan and First Lady Erdoğan took a souvenir photo with the children who sang the song “Dombra”. Meanwhile, Erdoğan’s plane was accompanied by Su-34 type warplanes in Kazakhstan airspace.
PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN: TURKISH-KAZAKHS RELATIONS WILL BE STRONGER AND DEEPER
President Erdoğan wrote the foreword to the work titled “Turkey-Kazakhstan Relations on the 35th Anniversary of Independence”: With the astute and visionary leadership of the President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kasım Comart Tokayev, these relations have gained a different momentum as a result of our mutual efforts.
Addressing these relations, which have a layered structure, within an academic framework is important in terms of identifying new windows of opportunity for the future. We have full faith that the relations between Türkiye and Kazakhstan will become stronger and deeper in the coming period.
“Decolonized Film Days”, organized as part of the side events of the World Decolonization Forum 2026, will be held at Istanbul Atlas Cinema on 13-14 May. The program, in which nine films are presented to moviegoers free of charge, brings a wide range of topics, from the history of colonialism to the search for social justice, to the big screen. Activity; It brings up many critical issues through cinema, from the division in Cyprus to the “Stolen Generation” tragedy in Australia, from indigenous resistance in South America to the genocide in Myanmar. The main aim of the program stands out as building a critical bridge between the colonial practices of the past and today’s digital and cultural power relations.
World-famous Iranian director Majid Majidi and producer Mehmet Bozdağ took part as speakers in the panel titled “Decolonizing the Screen”, moderated by director Faysal Soysal, organized within the scope of the event.
Stating that we need to teach children our history and culture, Majid Majidi said, “Hollywood productions often produce narratives that legitimize the policies of the West. Even superhero movies draw an image of the West that saves the world. Today, they come to us not with bombs or missiles, but by making us forget our culture, values and memory. In the films I made, I tried to explain our own culture and human values and to deal with people from their essence.”
Producer Mehmet Bozdağ drew attention to the standardizing effect of global digital platforms and stated that local stories should not break away from their roots in order to find a universal response: “The one who dominates history continues its colonialism by destroying the historical consciousness. We have to redesign the world with our own identity and spirit. If we do not tell those ‘clean stories’, we will lose ourselves.”
US political scientist Norton: Land grabbing and exploitation of resources became visible with the Palestinian struggle!
Türkiye, Kazakhstan seek closer ties amid shifting regional trade routes
BREAKING NEWS… Statement from the Ministry of National Defense on the ‘Blue Homeland’ law: Our maritime authority responsibilities will be determined
US political scientist Norton: Land grabbing and exploitation of resources became visible with the Palestinian struggle!
Türkiye, Kazakhstan seek closer ties amid shifting regional trade routes
BREAKING NEWS… Statement from the Ministry of National Defense on the ‘Blue Homeland’ law: Our maritime authority responsibilities will be determined
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