Diplomatic Relations

Diplomatic relations were established and Ambassadors exchanged in 1948.

  • The visit by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1960 was the first Prime Ministerial visit to Turkey.
  • In 1965, Vice-President Dr. Zakir Hussein visited Turkey.
  • Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal visited India in 1986.
  • Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi paid a return visit to Turkey in 1988.
  • Turkish President General Kenan Evren visited India 1989
  • Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma visited Turkey in 1993
  • Turkish President Suleyman Demirel visited India in 1995
  • The State visit by President K. R. Narayanan to Turkey in September 1998
  • The visit to India by Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit in April 2000
  • The India Vice President Krishan Kant visited Turkey in October 1998 representing India on the occasion of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Turkish
  • The Turkish visit of Prime Minister Vajpayee in September 2003, created wider public awareness of a new and progressive images of both nations
  • Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to India in 2008 and the then Turkish President Abdullah Gul to India in 2010.
  • The Indian Vice President Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari visited Turkey from 10-15 October 2011.
  • The Indian President (Rashtrapatiji) Shri Pranab Mukherjee visited Turkey during 5-7 October 2013.
  • The External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj paid a working visit to Turkey during 15-16 January 2015.
  • The Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu made a brief transit halt in New Delhi on 19 March 2015
  • (Retd) Vijay Kumar Singh, led a delegation to Turkey on 24-26 April, 2015, to participate in the 100th anniversary ceremonies of the Canakkale Land and Sea battles of 1915.
  • Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs paid an official visit to India on 18-19 August 2016. Foreign Minister Cavusoglu held talks with Minister of External Affairs. A Road Map between the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was finalized during the visit.
  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the G20 Summit held in Antalya on 15-16 November 2015 on the margins of the Summit, Prime Minister had bilateral talks with President Erdogan.
  • PM Modi and President Erdogan held talks in Hangzhou on 5 September 2016 on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
  • The two leaders interacted with each other on the sidelines of BRICs Plus meeting in Johannesburg on 25-27 July 2018 and met on the sidelines of G-20 in Osaka on 29 July 2019.
  • EAM Sushma Swaraj made a transit halt at Erzurum on 19 February 2019.
  • Turkish Trade Minister Rushar Pekcan visited India in December 2018 during which a meeting of the Joint Business Council was also held.
  • Ibrahim Kalin, Chief Advisor and Spokesperson of the President of Turkey and Deputy Chairman of the Foreign and Security Council visited India on 25 April 2019.
  • President Erdogan paid a state visit to India on 30 April -1 May, 2017. He was accompanied by a high-level delegation and a 150-strong business delegation.
  • President Erdogan had a meeting with Prime Minister held a one to one meeting with President Erdogan
  • followed by delegation level talks. Vice-President and External Affairs Minister separately called on President Erdogan. President Erdogan was conferred an honorary degree by Jamia Milia Islamia University. Five bilateral agreements were signed during the visit
  • Parliamentary delegations were exchanged on 8 occasions, with the last visit being from our speaker of Parliament in June Members of Parliament have been regularly participating in multilateral conferences held in Turkey.
  • The Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA) has MoUs with the Centre for Strategic Research (SAM) of the Turkish Foreign Ministry and the Turkish Asian Centre for Strategic Studies (TASAM). An ICWA delegation visited Turkey in March 2018 and held discussions with SAM &
  • Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) at Secretary-level were institutionalized through a Protocol signed in April The last round of consultations was held on 8 May 2019 in New Delhi. The 4th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-terrorism was held in Ankara on 4 July 2019.
  • A new bilateral mechanism ‘India-Turkey Policy Planning Dialogue’ was institutionalized between the two Foreign Ministries with the first round held virtually on 22 October