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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has emphasized that the importance of the Palestinian cause should not be overshadowed by regional rivalries, and it is not acceptable to prioritize settling disputes over the lives of Palestinians.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reached out to his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Sunday stressing Turkey's aim to avoid further escalation in the Middle East following Iran's retaliatory measures against Israel Saturday night.

According to Turkish sources, Fidan specifically conveyed that "Turkey seeks an end to actions that heighten tensions in the region." 

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his British, Finnish, Greek, and Bulgarian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' summit in Brussels on Wednesday.

Fidan and British Foreign Minister David Cameron discussed a variety of topics, including the Gaza and Ukraine conflicts, according to diplomatic sources.

In diplomacy, illusions are both a curse and a trap. I was reading the headlines of newspapers and websites about the recent statements of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. "[Fidan] revives Turkish provocations" was a headline that came up a lot. But it is wrong. Turkey has never taken its claims off the table. Never.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has reiterated Türkiye's commitment to uphold the Montreux Convention of 1936, which regulates the passage of warships through the straits during times of conflict.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University (TJU) is set to commence operations later this year.

Türkiye has given its priority to modernizing the customs union and providing visa liberalization to Turkish nationals, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told the ambassadors of the European Union countries, voicing Ankara's expectation for a positive response from Brussels.

The meeting in Ankara on Tuesday between the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, respectively, was seen as a window of opportunity that could lead to progress on low-policy issue which in the long run could lay the groundwork for both countries to agree to resort to the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused the United Nations of compromising its impartiality over its stance on the recent altercation about a road project in a buffer zone in Turkish Cyprus.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his French counterpart, Catherine Colonna, engaged in a telephone conversation to discuss the Turkish Cypriot government's Pile-Yiğitler Road project and the critical grain deal.