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Speaking at the Association of Radio and Television Journalists 2017 Year Media Oscars Awards Ceremony held at Ankara Sheraton, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that there are economic pressures aimed at Turkey's economy, “Structural problems which Turkey needs to solve in its economy are present, of course. We are aware of them and are working to solve them. Allah willing, we will get through this upheaval as well. We already know that our infrastructure is capable, and has the power to do so.”

Erdoğan, indicating that the media has also received its share of the great changes Turkey has undergone, said, “I believe that today, we have more balanced media publications, more respectful of the truth.”

- Who participated in the ceremony?

In addition to Hisarcıklıoğlu, TOBB Board Member Hakan Ülken, GTİ AŞ Chairman Arif Parmaksız, as well as Emine Erdoğan, Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Mehmet Cahit Turan, Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoğlu, AK Party General President Numan Kurtulmuş, AK Party Spokesman Ömer Çelik, AK Party Deputy Chairs Jülide Sarıeroğlu and Hayati Yazıcı.

Şebnem Bursalı, President of the Radio and Television Journalists Association, thanked the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Youth and Sports for their support of the “Stay in Sports, Stay Safe” project and requested the continuation of this project under the auspices of the Presidency.

President Erdoğan presented the awards to their recipients following his address.