President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who visited Türkiye upon his invitation, with an official ceremony.

After the welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Dolmabahçe Office, President Erdoğan and Interim President of Venezuela Rodriguez held bilateral and inter-delegation meetings.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, Chief Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the President Akif Çağatay Kılıç were present at the meeting.

TARGET IN TRADE IS 3 BILLION DOLLARS

In the statement made by the Directorate of Communications, the following statements were made:

“Our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, received the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and his delegation, who paid a working visit to our country, in Istanbul. Turkey-Venezuela bilateral relations and global developments were discussed during the reception. President Erdoğan stated during the meeting that our country always stands by the friendly Venezuelan people.

Breaking news: While the management crisis in the CHP following the absolute nullity decision continues, it was a matter of curiosity who would hold the group meeting to be held in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) on Tuesday.

CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı stated in his statement that Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will hold the group meeting in the Turkish Grand National Assembly tomorrow.

“IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AS DISRESPECTFUL”

Sarı used the following statements:

“Our Chairman, Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, will hold the group meeting in the Turkish Grand National Assembly tomorrow and will address our party and our people, as all chairmans do.

“Any negativity that may arise will be considered as disrespect towards the founding party of our country and the historical legacy of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

According to the decision of the 36th Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice (BAM), the 38th Ordinary Congress of the CHP on 4-5 November 2023 and the Istanbul Provincial Congress on 8 October 2023 were canceled due to “absolute nullity” (absolute nullity).

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, in his statement on his social media account, stated that the congress process will be started with the first Party Assembly meeting to be held on Thursday, June 11.

Kılıçdaroğlu used the following statements in his post:

“We are a giant family that grows enriched by our different ideas and unites around the same goal.

We are not rivals; We are the children of the Republican People’s Party, walking shoulder to shoulder.

THE CONGRESS PROCESS IS BEGINNING

Our goal is clear: To establish justice and democracy in the second century of our Republic and to realize our nation’s goal of modern civilization.

We are starting our congress process with the first Party Assembly meeting on Thursday, June 11th. “I invite our entire organization to be united in our group meeting tomorrow and to unite with common sense and camaraderie.”

KILIÇDAROGLU WILL HOLD THE GROUP MEETING

On the other hand, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Spokesperson Müslim Sarı announced that the group meeting of his party in the Turkish Grand National Assembly will be held by Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday.

In the statement made by DMM, “The allegations made in some media outlets and shared on social media accounts that ‘Turkish planes harassed the planes carrying Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and European ministers and that Turkish planes violated Greek airspace are completely untrue. 4 out of 6 air traffic flying on the Greece-Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCA) route on June 7, 2026 violated the airspace of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).” For this reason, two Turkish F-16 aircraft stationed in TRNC, which were on A/R watch, were immediately removed as a precaution. The aircraft operated over the TRNC airspace and did not violate the Greek Cypriot Administration’s airspace, and the mentioned traffic was not harassed. On 6 June 2026, all of the flights carried out within the scope of the 115th Anniversary of the Air Forces Command and the Youth and Aviation Festival were carried out in the 2nd Main Jet Base Command flight zone. “The airspace has not been violated in any way. We kindly request that the allegations made for the purpose of manipulating the international public opinion and creating a provocation should not be taken into account.”

Speaking at the meeting, Minister Tekin stated that the historical, cultural and intellectual heritage of the Turkish world should be made more visible in the scientific literature, and emphasized the importance of conducting more intensive academic studies, especially in the field of social sciences. Tekin; He said that studies in fields such as political science, culture, folklore, archeology and anthropology will contribute to strengthening the collective memory. In this context, Tekin, citing Balasagunlu Yusuf Has Hacib, one of the important figures in the history of Turkish thought, as an example, stated that Has Hacib’s works have an important place in terms of human and universal values ​​and stated that such studies should find more space in the scientific literature.

Tekin, who made evaluations about the common historical background and state tradition of the Turkish world, said: “We need to transform all these things we have mentioned into a way that will strengthen the Turkish world in terms of discourse. While there are discussions about government systems all over the world today, we are proud of ourselves as a community of nations with one of the oldest state traditions in the world, but the fact that a government system design specific to the Turks cannot be mentioned in the international literature means that even in the Turkish world, government changes in other countries occur.” “In my opinion, giving references through systems is important as it shows the deficiency in the field I mentioned. Therefore, I recommend that in the new period, the Turkish state tradition, our tradition, should be brought into the scientific literature in a more dominant way, especially on issues such as state administration, government systems, human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms, and democracy, and that studies should be carried out in this field.”

Minister of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan Emin Amrullayev, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek, Deputy Minister of Science, Higher Education and Innovations of the Kyrgyz Republic Durus Kozuev and President of the Turkish Academy Shahin Mustafayev also attended the meeting. Following the meeting, the decisions taken by the Science Council were signed. According to the signed protocol, it was decided to transfer the Term Presidency of the Turkish Academy Science Council from the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In addition, the approval of the activity reports, research projects and publications of the Turkish Academy for 2024 and 2025 and the action plan, commemoration and anniversary dates, research projects and publications for 2026; It was decided that the 9th Meeting of the Scientific Council of the Turkish Academy will be held in the Kyrgyz Republic, with the exact date and place to be determined later.

Minister Tekin held bilateral meetings after the 9th Education Ministers Meeting of the Organization of Turkic States held in Turkestan, Kazakhstan and the signing of the decisions taken. Minister Tekin, who met with the Minister of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic Kendirbaeva, wished that the decisions taken would lead to a closer dialogue with the Turkish world. Stating that Türkiye is working very intensively on the use of artificial intelligence in education, Minister Tekin said that they have made important arrangements in terms of preparing curriculum with artificial intelligence support and allowing students and teachers to benefit from artificial intelligence applications.

Pointing out that they have taken important steps in terms of education diplomacy, Minister Tekin stated that they will explain the practices they have implemented at the Education Diplomacy Forum and Türkiye Education Technologies Summit to be held in Istanbul on 26-28 June. Tekin said that the OECD Secretary General, whom they met in April, described the picture that emerged in the PISA scores to be announced on September 8 as “Türkiye’s extraordinary leap.” He stated that he defined it as: Minister Tekin stated that they are open to all kinds of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan, which they see as a brother country, and that the education cooperation agreement between the two countries has been finalized and that the agreement can be signed in the coming period.

“JOINT PLATFORM TO PROMOTE TURKISH LEGENDS” PROPOSAL FROM KENDİRBAEVA

Kyrgyzstan Minister of Education Kendirbaeva also said that they found it important to develop relations between peoples through education. Kendirbaeva, who suggested that 5 member countries of the Organization of Turkic States carry out a joint study, said that they could implement a joint artificial intelligence application in order to introduce the legends of Turkish history; He said that this could guide young people and children to introduce Turkish culture, literature and art. Kendirbaeva said that they could also develop a PISA-like evaluation platform suitable for the Turkish world. Kendirbaeva explained that they are working to transition to 12-year education in Kyrgyzstan and said that they want to benefit from Türkiye’s experience in the steps they will take in this regard.

BILATERAL MEETING WITH AZERBAIJAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION EMRULLAYEV

Minister Tekin then met with Azerbaijani Minister of Science and Education Emin Emrullayev. During the meeting, Tekin talked about the work they do to help children and young people get to know the Turkish states more closely, and stated that they are preparing for a travel tour written in accordance with historical chronology. Tekin said that they will distribute this book to all 18 million students this year. Emrullayev also said that they want Azerbaijani students and teachers to get to know Türkiye closely and that they are carrying out some programs in this direction. Emrullayev stated that they attach importance to the use of technology in education and stated that they can carry out joint studies with Türkiye on artificial intelligence-supported education programs.

Türkiye’s Ambassador to Astana Mustafa Kapucu, General Director of European Union and Foreign Relations of the Ministry of National Education Ünal Eryılmaz, General Manager of Support Services Ömür Fatih Karakullukçu and Astana Education Counselor Ömer İnan also attended the meetings.