Turkish citizens will head to polls to choose the new president, on the same day Albanian citizens decide their new mayors.<\/p>\n
In a video-message, Prime Minister Edi Rama openly supported the current president, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, considering him a good friend of Albanians in times of need.<\/p>\n
\u201cTurkey is ahead of a very important choice, not only for the Balkans and Europe. It is undoubtedly a duty of the Turkish nation to choose the leader and the government they wish to have. No one can do this better than them, but in respect to all of them, I want to express the highest regards for President Erdo\u011fan. His vision, courage and tireless work turned Turkey into a great model of transformation. The exemplary strengthening of Turkey and the creation of a new awareness of the strength of the Turkish nation and state, did not only bring good things to the state, but also created great difficulties, strong contradictions that culminated in questioning the integrity of Turkey\u2019s institutions, even the life of the president himself. I know President Erdo\u011fan has strong critics, as well as supporters. But I just want to say that in such difficult times, his experience and character, his role in easing the heavy burden of the conflict in Ukraine on grain supply routes and many other countries threatened by the weight of that conflict, or the weight of the threat of terrorist hotbeds, are valuable assets to consider for all those who will decide on who will lead Turkey this Sunday. To Albania and Albanians, President Erdo\u011fan is a good friend on some of the hardest days, from the day of Kosovo\u2019s independence, with Turkey being the first to recognize it, to the earthquake tragedy in Albania, with Turkey supporting hundreds of affected families by building new homes, or the help in getting vaccines against the deadly virus, when others were too busy with their own problems. To me personally, President Erdo\u011fan is not only a good friend in days of need, but also a very special political leader, because he does what he says. Some think he is too rigid and maybe they are right. But in this phase of the Turkish history and in a world that is so unpredictable, not bending was exactly what Turkey needed and still needs. Wishing the Turkish nation all of God\u2019s blessings, I wholeheartedly hope that citizens keep in mind the irreplaceable role Turkey has in these delicate times for the Balkans and for the whole Europe,\u201d said Rama in his video-message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Turkish citizens will head to polls to choose the new president, on the same day Albanian citizens decide their new mayors. In a video-message, Prime Minister Edi Rama openly supported the current president, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, considering him a good friend of Albanians in times of need. \u201cTurkey is ahead of a very important choice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[270,1304,150,243,151,2016,477,1212],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n