Foreign relations of Turkey
Turkey marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day "paying respect to millions of Jews, Roma people, disabled persons as well as targeted minorities and groups systematically murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators."
Turkey is an indispensable ally, new US envoy says
Turkey is an indispensable ally, anchored in NATO and an important partner in a region in constant flux, the new ambassador of the United States to Ankara said on Jan. 26.
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Israeli president to visit Turkey in February: Erdoğan
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will pay an official visit to Turkey in February, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Jan. 26, hailing it as a chance to mend frayed relations with the Jewish state.
Blaming Turkey for refugee crisis amounts to 'ingratitude,' says Erdoğan
Blaming Turkey for the refugee crisis is a "real ingratitude," the country's president said on Nov. 11.
"It is Greece that is condemning refugees to death by skewering their boats," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a press conference alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the capital Ankara following a meeting between the two. "We have all the documents."
Turkey’s Pragmatic Policy in the Balkans has its Limits
Then September brought a flurry of meetings: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu travelled to Serbia to open a Turkish consulate in the city of Novi Pazar, part of the southwestern region of Sandzak, straddling both Serbia and Montenegro and mainly populated by Bosniak Muslims; Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited Erdogan in Istanbul; and Erdogan met Croatian President Zoran Milanov
Ertegün brothers subject of documentary
The Ertegün brothers, the sons of former Turkish Ambassador to Washington Münir Ertegün and one of whom launched Atlantic Records, contributed to the elimination of racial discrimination in the US and were revolutionary, director Ümran Safter, who made a documentary about them, has said.
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Turkish president set to attend summits in Italy, UK
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will head to Italy and the U.K. to attend the G20 Leaders and COP26 climate summits, Turkey's Communications Directorate said ob Oct. 28.
Erdogan Cancelled his Decision to Declare Ambassadors of 10 Western Countries Persona Non Grata
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given up his announced intention to declare the ambassadors of 10 Western countries, including the United States and Germany, persona non grata.
Merkel visits Turkey before leaving office
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Turkey on Oct. 16 for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before leaving office after 16 years in power.
Merkel on arrived at the Huber Mansion in Istanbul to meet with Erdoğan.
Merkel and Erdoğan boarded a golf cart and visited the beach area of the mansion.
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Creator of Turkey’s ‘Blue Motherland’ theory slams Greece-France defence agreement
By George Gilson
The originator of the "Blue Motherland" theory, which claims for Turkey huge swathes of Greek maritime zones in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and their hydrocarbons deposits, has lambasted the recent Greece-France mutual defence pact.