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26.02.2024 Article

Germany and Turkey: Bilateral relations

Germany and Turkey are linked by especially wide-ranging and close relations in which the approximately three million people of Turkish descent living in Germany play an important role. However,…

Bilateral relations
21.08.2023 Article

After the earthquake: Germany is helping the people in Turkey and Syria

The earthquakes in February 2023 were among the most severe natural disasters of the last 100 years. More than 57,000 people were killed and over 120,000 injured. Find out more about how Germany is supporting the people in Syria and Turkey.

UNHCR provides aid supplies to emergency shelters
20.07.2023 Article

Ukraine, Turkey, economic security – Foreign Minister Baerbock at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in July

The EU Foreign Ministers are meeting in Brussels on Thursday (20 July). Topics include further support for Ukraine, EU-Turkey relations, economic security and new sanctions. Find out more about which issues are on the agenda.

Foreign Minister Baerbock and EU High Representative Josep Borrell at the EU Foreign Affairs Council
21.02.2023 Article

Germany is helping the people affected by the earthquakes: Foreign Minister Baerbock and Federal Interior Minister Faeser travel to Turkey

On 21 February, Foreign Minister Baerbock is travelling together with Interior Minister Faeser to south-eastern Turkey, which has been especially hard hit by the earthquakes. You can read here who the Ministers will meet there and what Germany is doing to help those affected in Turkey and Syria.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in the city of Pazarcık
28.07.2022 Article

Foreign Minister Baerbock visits Greece and Turkey

This first official visit to the important NATO partners Greece and Turkey is taking place against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal war of aggression in Ukraine. Her trip to the close EU partner Greece will also focus on exchanges with refugees and commemorating the victims of Nazi atrocities.

Foreign Minister Baerbock and her counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at a press conference in Istanbul
29.10.2021 Article

“We called for workers, but people came”: 60th anniversary of the Recruitment Agreement with Turkey

On 30 October 1961, the Recruitment Agreement was concluded between the Federal Republic of Germany and Turkey. The Agreement governed the recruitment of Turkish workers to Germany. It is now turning 60.

Rapper Eko Fresh presents the song 1994

Press releases

  1. 07.06.2023 Press release

    Pilot project on the suspension of remonstrations in visa procedures

  2. 06.05.2023 Press release

    Continuing to assist people affected by the earthquake in Turkey – joint press release by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community and the Federal Foreign Office

  3. 21.02.2023 Press release

    Statements by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser prior to their departure for Turkey

  4. 23.12.2022 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg on the trial of Şebnem Korur Fincancı

  5. 18.10.2022 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Luise Amtsberg on the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Osman Kavala

  6. 28.07.2022 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to her departure for Greece and Turkey

  7. 06.06.2022 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to her departure for Pakistan, Greece and Turkey

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