Virtual Open-ended Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committe at the Level of Foreign Ministers to Discuss the Attacks of Israel in the Palestinian Territories

In face of the attacks by Israel in the Palestinian territories, upon the initiative of Turkey in consultation with the State of Palestine and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-OIC Summit Chair- the Open-ended Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee will be held at the level of Foreign Ministers in virtual format on 16 May 2021. During the meeting, to which H.E. Mr. Mevlüt ÇavuĹźoÄźlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey will attend, possible steps to be taken within the OIC and at international fora will be consulted against the recent attacks by Israel in the Palestinian territories.

Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Tanju Bilgiç in Response to a Question Regarding the Anniversaries of the Crimean Tatar and Circassian Exiles

On the night of 18 May 1944, 250 thousand of our Crimean Tatar Turkish kinsmen were torn from their ancestral homeland and exiled under inhumane conditions. A large number of Crimean Tatars lost their lives during this tragic event and those who survived were forced to live yearning for their homeland.

Press Release Regarding Israel's Illegal Settlement Activities

We have learned that the Israeli authorities held the groundbreaking ceremony for a project consisting of 350 housing units in the illegal settlement area of Beit El, near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The Judgement of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) on War Criminal Ratko Mladic

Upon Ratko Mladic's appeal against the said judgement, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) delivered its judgement today and confirmed the sentence of life imprisonment.

Press Release Regarding the Attack Against the United Nations Main Compound in Herat

We are saddened to receive the news that a police officer lost his life and many injured in an attack against the main compound of the United Nations in the city of Herat in Afghanistan today.