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Foreign relation of Turkey refers to diplomatic and trade associations between Turkey and other countries of the world. [1] Turkey has diplomatic relations with 189 Member states of the United Nations as of December 2024.
Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations, [1] the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), [2] the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [3] and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, [4] has been in the Council of Europe since 1949, [5] and in NATO since 1952. [6]
Relations between the European Union (EU) and Turkey were established in 1959, and the institutional framework was formalized with the 1963 Ankara Agreement.Albeit not officially part of the European Union, Turkey is one of the EU's main partners and both are members of the European Union–Turkey Customs Union.
Greece and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new "positive climate" in ties after more than a year of tensions between the historic foes.
Turkey's relationship with NATO has already come under strain due to the country's continued ties with Russia in the wake of the latter's invasion of Ukraine, as well as its efforts to seek ...
Turkey has been building relations with its neighbors (including Iran and Syria), under a doctrine called 'zero troubles with neighbors'. These developments worried some Western observers that Turkey, [ 3 ] frustrated by its stalled EU accession drive among other things, is seeking to recalibrate its foreign policy, not just by moving closer to ...
Bilateral relations between Turkey and the United States further deteriorated after the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, with an amendment added by Senator John McCain requiring the Trump administration to submit a detailed report to Congress on the status of US–Turkey relations. The Department of ...
Turkey has sought closer relations with the Central Asian Turkic states after the breakup of the Soviet Union. [218] Closer relations with Azerbaijan, a culturally close country, was achieved. [218] Turkey is a founding member of the International Organization of Turkic Culture and Organization of Turkic States.