In Turkey, the Directorate of Communications (Turkish: İletişim Başkanlığı) was established with the Presidential Decree No. 14, published in the Official Gazette No. 30488 dated 24 July 2018. It replaced the now-defunct Press, Publishing and Information General Management (Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü) and is affiliated with the Office of the President of Turkey. Among its duties are directing the country's foreign promotion activities, and managing promotional efforts of the state.