Foreign relations of Turkey

"Ankara is solely responsible for escalating tensions between Greece and Turkey", Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with state-run ERT television. He noted that it was the neighboring country that began flying over the inhabited Greek islands after his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, where the two agreed to reduce tensions.

Time is running out for the NATO Summit - expected at the end of the month (June 28-30) - where Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be called upon to take a clear position on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Alliance.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on June 3, the call addressed Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO, according to a statement by Turkish Communications Directorate. 

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue in Ankara on May 31, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said in a written statement.

Turkey will continue to fight against terrorists in northern Syria until they are eradicated, the nation's president said on May 29.

"We are fighting against terrorists in northern Syria and we will continue it until they will be rooted out," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at an event at Ataturk Airport marking the 569th anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul.

Turkey's president on May 27 spoke in support of the country's economic policy program, underlining that it is consistent and suitable given the current situation in the world.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of the headquarters of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK) in Istanbul.

"If President Erdogan thinks that I will not defend the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and that I will not tell the international public that Turkey is behaving like a revisionist power, then he is wrong," he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized U.S. President Joe Biden on April 25 for his statements on the events of 1915, saying the U.S. leader's statement was "based on lies and false information."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message on April 24 to the patriarch of the Armenians of Turkey, Sahak Mashalyan, and commemorated the Armenians died during the First World War.

"I commemorate the Ottoman Armenians we lost in the war. Let's build the future instead of magnifying the suffering," Erdoğan said in his message.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer discussed over phone bilateral ties and regional developments including the Russia-Ukraine war, Turkey's Communications Directorate said on April 10. 

The call addressed steps to enhance the Turkey-Austria relations, as well as regional issues, including the Russia-Ukraine war.