Foreign policy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed confidence that the war in Ukraine could be resolved swiftly if the United States, under a second term of President Donald Trump, demonstrates the political will to do so. Speaking to journalists on his way back from Hungary, Erdogan emphasized that efforts by Western nations, particularly the US, could speed up the conflict's resolution.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described Israel as a threat to the global system and called on the Turkic states to raise pressure on it.

"It is extremely important for us, the Turkic world, to maintain our efforts for a lasting and fair solution of the Palestinian issue," Erdoğan said at a press conference with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on Nov. 5 in Bishkek.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday night, marking the second leg of his two-day Balkan tour.

Ankara is apparently leveraging the potential reopening of the historic Greek Orthodox Halki theological seminary in Turkey as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with Greece.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and various global and regional issues, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate.

A meeting of the Greece-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council could take place in early 2025, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said.

President Tayyip Erdogan emphasized that Turkey's potential involvement with BRICS and ASEAN should not be viewed as an alternative to its NATO membership, according to reports from broadcaster NTV and others on Thursday.

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein commended the robust ties between Iraq and Türkiye on Tuesday, emphasizing that any outstanding issues between the neighboring countries would be addressed through dialogue.

"Our relationship with Türkiye is going well," Hussein stated in an interview with Anadolu Agency outside the U.N. headquarters in New York.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed Türkiye's readiness to enhance its "deep-rooted" relations with Germany during his meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Turkish House, in line with the 79th UN General Assembly in New York.

Jeffrey Sachs, president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, endorsed the Global Zero Waste Declaration of Goodwill, signing it after a meeting with Turkish First Lady Emine Erdoğan in New York, the Turkish Presidency announced Monday.

The meeting took place at the Turkish House during Erdoğan's visit for the 79th U.N. General Assembly.