Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Carney Plans Turkey Visit for Talks With Erdogan
Canada's leader, Mark Carney, is planning to visit Turkey later this month.
He is expected to meet Turkey's president, Tayyip Erdogan.
The two leaders may talk about a trade deal that their countries are negotiating.
They may also discuss working together on energy and defence.
Their trade ministers have agreed to move the negotiations along faster.
Canada wants to grow its trade with countries beyond the United States.
Turkey is also looking for new markets and partners.
The sources cited in the report did not give the visit's exact dates or full agenda.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to visit Turkey later this month to meet President Tayyip Erdogan, according to four sources cited by Reuters.
The visit would be the first dedicated bilateral visit to Turkey by a Canadian leader.
The leaders are expected to discuss free-trade negotiations and possible cooperation in energy and defence.
Canadian and Turkish trade ministers agreed this week to accelerate trade negotiations ahead of the meeting.
The planned visit comes as Canada seeks to diversify trade and Turkey pursues new markets and partnerships.
- Who
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
- What
- Carney plans to visit Turkey for a meeting with Erdogan.
- When
- Later this month; exact dates were not disclosed.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- The leaders are expected to discuss free-trade negotiations and potential cooperation in energy and defence.
Trade and partnership
Human-rights concerns
Building economic and strategic ties
Trade and partnership
The planned talks could advance free-trade negotiations and cooperation in energy and defence, while supporting Canada's efforts to diversify trade.
Human-rights concerns
The article reports that Turkey is seeking new markets and partnerships, including for its defence industry and in energy, infrastructure and mining.
Turkey's rights record
Trade and partnership
The article says Western powers have become relatively less vocal about Turkey's rights record as the country has become a defence-industrial power and regional security partner.
Human-rights concerns
Rights groups and some European officials have criticised measures against members of the LGBTQ+ community; rights groups have also criticised a crackdown on the political opposition. Erdogan denies that investigations of the opposition are politically motivated.
- Visit timing
- Planned for later this month; exact dates were not disclosed.
- Expected participants
- Mark Carney and Tayyip Erdogan.
- Trade talks
- The countries launched free-trade negotiations during the NATO summit in Ankara in July.
- Negotiation pace
- Canadian and Turkish trade ministers agreed this week to accelerate negotiations.
- Potential cooperation
- Energy and defence; earlier discussions also identified renewable and nuclear energy, aerospace and security.
- Canada's trade objective
- Carney has vowed to double Canada's non-US trade over the next decade.
- Visit significance
- It would be the first dedicated bilateral visit to Turkey by a Canadian leader.