Presidential Complex

Turkey will become the largest center for production of electric vehicles in the next decade, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

Erdoğan said on March 16 at the Ford Otosan Future Vision meeting held at the Presidential Complex that the government was also determined to turn Turkey into a production center for electric vehicle batteries.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the new Turkish Presidential Palace prior to a official ceremony for Republic day in Ankara, Turkey 29 October 2014. Photo: EPA/STR

One will be built at the popular resort of Marmaris on the Aegean and the other will be built in Ahlat, a lakeside town in eastern Turkey.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Nov. 30 received Ukraine's prime minister in the Turkish capital Ankara, according to the presidency.

Erdoğan received Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the presidential complex, said the presidency.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Nov. 26 welcomed Qatar's Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with an official ceremony in the capital Ankara.

Al Thani arrived in Ankara to attend the sixth meeting of the Turkey-Qatar Supreme Strategic Committee.

He was welcomed by a ceremony at the presidential complex, and the two leaders met one-to-one following the event.

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will pay a visit to Turkey on June 17, Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

"During the meetings, bilateral relations between Turkey and Italy and Turkey's EU accession process will be discussed," it said in the statement.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has received war veterans at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara, on Sept. 19, the national Veterans Day.

The annual summer meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council began on Aug. 1 under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential complex.       

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to prevent urban projects on farmlands, slamming speculators in the sector.
"If we turn these farmlands into concrete, it will be betrayal to the homeland and to the nation," he said at a meeting with farmers across the nation at the Presidential Complex in capital Ankara on March 6.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a dinner for his visiting Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at the presidential complex, Turkish presidential sources said on April 24.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the presidential complex in the Turkish capital Ankara on April 4, ahead of a bilateral meeting between the two leaders.