Öncü Keçeli

In a Wednesday phone call with his U.K. counterpart, the Turkish foreign minister discussed Israel's 10-month-old war on the Gaza Strip.

On X, Foreign Ministry spokesman Öncü Keçeli said Hakan Fidan had a telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

The discussion covered recent developments in Gaza and rising tensions in the region, said Keceli.

Türkiye has formally submitted its bid to join the genocide case launched by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.

Türkiye has become the sixth nation submitting a declaration of intervention in South Africa's case after Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Palestine and Spain, upon the 63rd article of the Charter of the ICJ.

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Öncü Keçeli has urged Israel that it won't achieve peace by killing negotiators and threatening diplomats in response to Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz' message targeting Türkiye.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates amid efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has stated that the situation has stabilized in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah following the attack on a gas field last week, with efforts ongoing for the evacuation of Turkish employees working in the complex.

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü Keçeli has criticized Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz over his statement against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and recalled that it was the Israeli army who killed 35,000 Palestinian civilians.

Türkiye has announced that it has suspended the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), which was signed in 1990 to ensure mutual arms control between Russia and Europe following the Cold War.

Türkiye on Monday welcomes the U.N. Security Council's passage of a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said the country's Foreign Ministry.

The foreign ministers of Türkiye, Georgia and Azerbaijan will come together at a trilateral meeting on March 15 in Baku to discuss regional issues and cooperation in various areas, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced.

In a clear sign of intensified common efforts to clear northern Iraq of PKK terrorists, Türkiye and Iraq will hold another high-level security summit in Baghdad on March 14 with the participation of two countries' defense and foreign ministers as well as intelligence chiefs.