Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident

The Turkish Foreign Ministry undersecretary and his U.S. counterpart will meet in the coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told reporters on March 20.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke over the phone on March 15 to discuss bilateral and Turkey-EU relations and regional issues, according to diplomatic sources.

A planned meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 19 could be delayed until after Tillerson’s departure, Çavuşoğlu has said. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu publicly asked his German counterpart during a joint press conference on March 6 to cancel a continued travel warning for Turkey.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will meet his Austrian counterpart in Vienna on March 8, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement March 6. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on March 3 spoke with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian over phone, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing diplomatic sources.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Feb. 18 said he expects top-level visits between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “as a sign of improved relations between the two countries.”

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet in Berlin on Feb. 14, the German government’s spokesman said on Feb. 12.

The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Feb. 5 said it had formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, who has been physically barred from the country for almost a year, over a dispute that began during March 2017.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will travel to Paris on Jan. 23 for the launch of a new partnership against chemical weapons, the Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 22.