Foreign policy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a historic visit to Greece.

His two-day visit begins today and aims to speed up warming in relations between the two neighboring countries.

This is the first visit of a Turkish head of state to Greece since 1952.

Migration crisis, as well as the reunification talks of Cyprus, are expected to be discussed.

Athens wants to upgrade not just improve Greek-Turkish relations and invited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the capital in this context. It is in this spirit that it is prepared to discuss all the major issues weighing on relations between the two countries, whether they are bilateral differences or have an international dimension such as the Cyprus problem and the refugee crisis.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the United States' decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital completely disregarded a 1980 United Nations resolution regarding the status of the city, according to Reuters. 

Greek people should know negative relations between Turkey and Greece are history now, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 6, according to a Greek channel.

A potential U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital will cause indignation in the Islamic world and lead to new clashes in the region, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 6.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make a historic visit to Greece this week, a sign that relations between the two countries are improving, although a long list of grievances remains on both sides.

Washington’s potential recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel could prompt the cutting of Turkey’s diplomatic relations with Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 5.

The first visit to Greece by a Turkish president to Greece in 65 years was confirmed on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Athens and Thrace on December 7-8.

Erdogan, who has been to Greece as a prime minister, will meet with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during his stay.

Turkey has been involved in intense diplomatic traffic following a Nov. 22 summit in Sochi, in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian and Iranian counterparts agreed to pursue a political solution to the war in Syria.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be the first Turkish president to visit Greece for the past 65 years, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Chavushoglu said, quoted by the Anatolian agency.

However, the date has not yet been confirmed. The visit will take place in the coming days. It aims to improve relations between Turkey and Greece, the Deputy Prime Minister added.