First Lady Emine Erdoğan, who is accompanying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his visit to Nouakchott, Mauritania, paid visits to Turkish Maarif Foundation Girls’ School and a carpet weaving association for women. Addressing the students at Girls’ School, First Lady Erdoğan said that Turkish Maarif Foundation schools are the shining stars of Africa and added […]
First Lady Emine Erdoğan, who is accompanying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum, addressed women MPs in Sudan during a meeting chaired by Sudanese First Lady Widad Babiker Omer. Pointing to the long-standing historical and cultural ties between Turkey and Sudan, First Lady Erdoğan emphasized the importance of further deepening […]
Speaking at a meeting at Gazi University in Ankara on the occasion of the May 25th Africa Day, marking the foundation anniversary of the African Union (AU), First Lady Emine Erdoğan underlined: “Turkish people’s concern for Africa doesn’t arise from self-interest, but from ties of affection.” First Lady Hadja Condé Djene Kaba of Guinea, the […]
First Lady Emine Erdoğan received African lullaby performers, who are in Turkey for the “Traditional Lullaby Festival” organized by Esenler Municipality. During the reception at the Presidential Complex, performers from Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania sang lullabies. The performers also paid a visit to the African Handicrafts Market and Culture House in Ankara, established under the auspices […]
First Lady Emine Erdoğan, accompanying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Africa tour, inaugurated in Madagascar the Women’s Education Center, which was financed and equipped by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). Implemented as part of the educational support lent to Mozambican women with an aim to make a difference in their lives, the center, which […]
Accompanying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his Africa tour, First Lady Emine Erdoğan paid a visit to an orphanage in Mozambique, where children of different age groups are sheltered. Also, the distribution ceremony of battery-operated wheelchairs, a program conducted by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in Africa, was held. Delivering a speech at the […]