President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 29 pledged to transform Türkiye into a global center for production, logistics and investment.
"We are taking steps to make our country a global center of attraction," Erdoğan said at a weekly meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliament.
He said the government’s efforts are continuing despite instability in the region and actors who seek to “shed blood."
"Our goal is to transform our country — which has established itself as an island of stability — into a global hub for production, logistics and investment, and to enhance Türkiye's competitive strength,” he said.
Erdoğan also framed the effort within a broader regional context, warning against forces he accused of seeking to fuel conflict.
"We must speak the language of brotherhood beyond our borders and convey messages of peace with conviction. We are waging this struggle," he said.
"Türkiye's engagement with the peoples of the region — without distinction between Turks, Arabs and Kurds — and its creation of a new paradigm is a policy that deserves recognition and support."
He added that differences in ethnicity, sect, lifestyle and political views should not be sources of division but rather "exceptional values that foster human unity."
"We must set aside our differences and embrace unity. Falling into the traps of those seeking to carry out new interventions in our region would be a betrayal of our history and our future," Erdoğan said.
The president said his government’s approach is tied to an ongoing effort to combat terrorism, describing it as a key pillar of Türkiye's long-term vision.
"Once we resolve the terrorism issue, our march toward the Century of Türkiye will be further solidified," he said. "We have now passed the 18th month of this process and have successfully completed many critical stages."
Erdoğan said he expects continued political support to help navigate what he called a critical period.
"During this difficult period our region is going through, those who contribute to the process will go down in history," he said. "Any and all efforts that complicate the process, make it more difficult or incite conflict will also be held accountable by history."
