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Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with
US President Barack Obama at the
Oval Office , White House, December 7, 2009.
This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , the 25th Prime Minister of Turkey , after he assumed the premiership on March 14, 2014 and until he became the 12th President of Turkey on August 28, 2014. The summary does not include trips made after becoming the President.[1]
Erdogan has made 301 international trips to 91 countries during the course of his premiership. He has made the largest number of trips to Germany . The second most visited country is the United States due to attendance of meetings of the United Nations and other international organizations. The third most visited country is Belgium , due to issues concerning the accession of Turkey to the European Union . The fourth most visited country by Erdoğan is the neighbouring Azerbaijan .
Summary of international trips [ ]
Map of international trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as prime minister:
Visited countries
Turkey
Number of visits
Country
1 visit
Afghanistan , Argentina , Australia , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Brunei , Canada , Chile , China , Croatia , Gabon , India , Ireland , Israel , Latvia , Luxembourg , Maldives , Moldova , Monaco , New Zealand , Niger , Norway , Oman , Romania , Senegal , Serbia , Serbia and Montenegro , Singapore , Slovakia , Slovenia , Somalia , Sri Lanka , Sudan , Thailand , Uzbekistan , Vatican City , Yemen . (37 Country )
2 visits
Algeria , Austria , Brazil , Czech Republic , Denmark , Ethiopia , Finland , Hungary , Japan , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kosovo , Kuwait , Libya , Macedonia , Mongolia , Morocco , Netherlands , Portugal , South Africa , Sweden , Tajikistan . (22 Country )
3 visits
Bulgaria , Indonesia , Kyrgyzstan , Poland , South Korea , Tunisia , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates . (8 Country )
4 visits
Iraq , Malaysia , Lebanon , Turkmenistan . (4 Country )
5 visits
Egypt , Iran . (2 Country )
6 visits
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Georgia , Greece , Northern Cyprus , Spain , Switzerland . (6 Country )
7 visits
Pakistan , Qatar . (2 Country )
8 visits
Italy . (1 Country )
9 visits
United Kingdom . (1 Country )
10 visits
France , Syria . (2 Country )
12 visits
Azerbaijan , Saudi Arabia , Russia . (3 Country )
13 visits
Belgium . (1 Country )
14 visits
United States . (1 Country )
16 visits
Germany . (1 Country )
Total: 301 international trips to 91 countries.
2002 [ ]
Erdoğan during a visit in
Denmark , November 26, 2002
Erdogan won the elections of November 2002 , but was obstructed to become prime minister until the by-election in March 2003. Although, Erdogan was not the Prime Minister during that period, he still served as the de facto leader of Turkey. During this period, his visits were done in the framework of accession of Turkey to the European Union
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Italy
Rome
November 13, 2002
Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
November 16, 2002
Spain
Madrid
November 18, 2002
Greece
Athens
November 18–19, 2002
Germany
Berlin
November 19, 2002
Belgium
Brussels
November 20, 2002
United Kingdom
London
November 20, 2002
Ireland
Dublin
November 21, 2002
France
Strasbourg
November 21, 2002
Portugal
Lisbon
November 25, 2002
Denmark
Copenhagen
November 26, 2002
Finland
Helsinki
November 26, 2002
Sweden
Stockholm
November 27, 2002
France
Paris
November 27, 2002
Netherlands
The Hague
November 29, 2002
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
November 29, 2002
Denmark
Copenhagen
December 9–10, 2002
United States
New York , Washington, D.C.
December 10–11, 2002
Denmark
Copenhagen
December 12–13, 2002
Russia
Moscow
December 23–24, 2002
Azerbaijan
Baku
January 7–8, 2003
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat , Mary
January 8–10, 2003
Kazakhstan
Astana
January 10–11, 2003
China
Beijing , Shanghai
January 14–17, 2003
Switzerland
Zürich
January 23–26, 2003
2003 [ ]
Erdogan meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
As Prime Minister:
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Serbia and Montenegro
Belgrade
April 8–9
Northern Cyprus
Kyrenia , Nicosia
May 9
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
June 13–15
Pakistan
Islamabad
June 15–17
Greece
Thessaloniki
June 20
Portugal
Lisbon
July 1–2
Austria
Vienna
July 11–12
France
Paris
August 31 - 1
Germany
Berlin
September 1–3
Italy
Como
September 6–7
Italy
Rome
October 3–4
Belgium
Brussels
October 16–17
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
October 21–22
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
October 23–24
Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
November 15
Belgium
Brussels
December 11–13
Azerbaijan
Baku
December 15
Uzbekistan
Tashkent , Samarkand
December 18–20
2004 [ ]
Erdogan at the Annual Meeting 2004 of the
World Economic Forum in
Davos ,
Switzerland , January 24, 2004.
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Germany
Berlin
January 9
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
January 17–19
Switzerland
Davos
January 24–25
United States
Boston , New York City , Washington, D.C.
January 26–31
Belgium
Brussels
February 1
South Korea
Busan , Seoul , Ulsan
February 8–11
Belgium
Brussels
March 25–26
Switzerland
Bürgenstock , Zürich
March 29-1
Ukraine
Kyiv , Simferopol
April 2–3
Japan
Osaka , Tokyo
April 11–15
Afghanistan
Kabul
April 20–21
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo , Zenica
April 21–22
Germany
Cologne
April 27
Ireland
Dublin
May 1
Greece
Athens , Komotini
May 6–8
Romania
Bucharest
May 20–21
United Kingdom
London
May 28–29
United States
Boston , Chicago , Savannah
June 9–13
Netherlands
The Hague
June 16–17
Belgium
Brussels
June 17–18
Bulgaria
Sofia , Targovishte , Varna
July 6–7
France
Paris
July 19–21
Iran
Tehran
July 28–30
Georgia
Tbilisi
August 11–12
Greece
Athens
August 13–14
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
September 13–14
Belgium
Brussels
September 23
Germany
Berlin
October 3
France
Paris
October 20–21
Germany
Berlin
October 26–27
Italy
Rome
October 28–29
France
Strasbourg
November 5–6
Egypt
Cairo
November 12
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
November 16–17
Belgium
Brussels
December 9–10
Belgium
Brussels
December 15–17
Syria
Aleppo , Damascus
December 22–23
2005 [ ]
Erdogan with U.S. President
George W. Bush in the
Oval Office , 2005
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Russia
Moscow
January 10–12
Switzerland
Davos
January 27–30
Indonesia
Aceh , Jakarta
February 6–7
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
February 7
Thailand
Bangkok , Phuket
February 8
Maldives
Malé
February 9
Sri Lanka
Matara
February 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
February 15–17
Belgium
Brussels
February 22
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
March 2–3
South Africa
Cape Town , Pretoria
March 3–5
Spain
Madrid
March 11
Belgium
Brussels
March 21–22
Tunisia
Tunis
March 28–29
Morocco
Casablanca , Rabat
March 30–31
Vatican City
Vatican City
April 8
Norway
Oslo , Stavanger
April 11–12
Israel
Jerusalem , Tel Aviv
May 1
Russia
Moscow
May 9
Hungary
Budapest , Szigetvár
May 12–13
Poland
Warsaw
May 16–17
Kazakhstan
Almati , Astana
May 26–27
United States
New York City , Washington, D.C.
June 7–11
Lebanon
Beirut
June 15–16
Azerbaijan
Baku
June 29–30
United States
San Francisco , Sun Valley
July 6
Russia
Moscow , Sochi
July 17–18
Mongolia
Karakorum , Ulaanbaatar
July 18–21
United Kingdom
London
July 27–28
Italy
Como , Napoli , Rome
September 2–3
United States
New York City
September 13–16
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
September 18–19
Oman
Muscat
September 27
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
September 28
Pakistan
Islamabad , Kashmir , Muzaffarabad
October 20–21
Kuwait
Kuwait City
October 25
Yemen
Sana'a
October 26
Germany
Cologne
November 6
Bahrain
Manama
November 13
Denmark
Copenhagen
November 15
United Kingdom
London
November 26–27
Spain
Barcelona , Madrid , Mallorca
November 27–28
New Zealand
Auckland , Christchurch , Wellington
December 3–6
Australia
Canberra , Melbourne , Sydney
December 6–10
2006 [ ]
Erdogan at the Annual Meeting 2006 of the
World Economic Forum in
Davos ,
Switzerland , January 27, 2006.
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Switzerland
Davos
January 26–27
Monaco
Monaco
March 1–2
Sudan
Darfur , Khartoum
March 27–29
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
March 29–30
Greece
Thessaloniki
May 4
Azerbaijan
Baku
May 4–5
Indonesia
Bali
May 13–14
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
May 20–21
Algeria
Algiers
May 22–23
Germany
Berlin
May 25–26
Croatia
Zagreb
June 12–13
Macedonia
Skopje
June 13–14
France
Strasbourg
June 27–28
Northern Cyprus
Boğazköy , Nicosia
July 19–21
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
August 3
United States
New York City , Washington, D.C.
September 30-2
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
October 8
United Kingdom
London
November 3
Jordan
Amman , Petra
November 25–26
Latvia
Riga
November 28–29
Iran
Tehran
December 2–3
Syria
Damascus
December 6
United States
New York City
December 18–20
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
December 24–29
2007 [ ]
Erdogan meeting the Italian President
Giorgio Napolitano in
Rome , November 7, 2007
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Lebanon
Beirut , Tyre
January 3
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
January 28–30
Georgia
Tbilisi
February 7
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
February 13–14
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah , Riyadh
February 24–26
Azerbaijan
Baku
March 9–10
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
March 28–29
Syria
Aleppo
April 3–4
Germany
Hanover
April 15–16
United States
New York City , Washington, D.C.
September 21–29
Romania
Bucharest
October 25–26
United States
Washington, D.C.
November 4–6
Italy
Rome
November 7–8
Czech Republic
Pardubice , Prague
November 15–16
Azerbaijan
Baku
November 16–17
United Kingdom
London , Oxford
November 22–23
Portugal
Lisbon
December 8
2008 [ ]
Erdoğan (Left) with Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-moon (Center), and Spanish Prime Minister
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Right) in Spain, January 15, 2008
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Spain
Granada , Madrid
January 13–16
Germany
Berlin , Cologne , Ludwigshafen , Munich
February 7–10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ilidža , Sarajevo
March 25–26
Bulgaria
Kardzhali , Sofia , Targovishte
March 27–28
Sweden
Stockholm
April 2–3
Qatar
Doha
April 13–15
Syria
Damascus
April 26
Lebanon
Beirut
May 25–26
Azerbaijan Nakhchivan
Nakhchivan City
June 3–4
Iraq
Baghdad
July 10
France
Paris
July 13
Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
July 18–20
Russia
Moscow
August 13
Georgia
Tbilisi
August 14
Azerbaijan
Baku
August 20
Syria
Damascus
September 4
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
October 3–4
United States
New York City , Washington, D.C.
November 13–15
Switzerland
Geneva
November 17–18
India
New Delhi , Bangalore
November 20–24
Syria
Damascus
December 31
Jordan
Aqaba
December 31
2009 [ ]
Erdoğan speaking at the
University of Oxford , April 3, 2009
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
January 1
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
January 3
Belgium
Brussels
January 18–19
Switzerland
Davos
January 28–29
Georgia
Batumi
March 5
United Kingdom
London
April 1–3
Germany
Berlin
April 18–19
Azerbaijan
Baku
May 12–13
Poland
Warsaw
May 13–15
Russia
Sochi
May 16
Belgium
Brussels
June 25–27
Moldova
Chişinău
July 4–5
Italy
L'Aquila
July 9–10
Syria
Aleppo
July 22
United States
New York City , Pittsburgh , Washington, D.C.
September 21–27
Iraq
Baghdad
October 15
Pakistan
Islamabad
October 24–26
Iraq
Baghdad
October 26–28
Qatar
Doha
November 12–13
Italy
Rome
November 17–18
United States
Washington, D.C.
December 7–9
Mexico
Mexico City
December 9–10
Russia
Moscow
December 11–13
Syria
Damascus
December 22
2010 [ ]
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Russia
Moscow
January 12–13
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
January 17–18
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
January 18–19
Qatar
Doha
February 13–14
Spain
Cordoba , Madrid
February 22–23
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
March 9
United Kingdom
London
March 16
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
April 5–6
France
Paris
April 6–8
United States
Washington, D.C.
April 12–14
Greece
Athens
May 14–15
Iran
Tehran
May 17
Azerbaijan
Baku
May 17
Georgia
Batumi
May 17
Spain
Madrid
May 18
Brazil
Brasília , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo
May 26–29
Chile
Santiago
May 30
Canada
Toronto
June 27–28
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenica
July 10–11
Serbia
Belgrade , Novi Pazar
July 11–12
Bulgaria
Sofia
October 4
Germany
Berlin
October 8–9
Syria
Damascus
October 11
Pakistan
Islamabad , Karachi , Muzaffarabad
October 12–13
Finland
Helsinki
October 19–20
Greece
Athens
October 21–22
Kosovo
Mamuša , Pristina , Prizren
November 3–4
South Korea
Seoul
November 11–13
Bangladesh
Dhaka
November 13–14
Lebanon
Akkar District , Beirut , Sidon
November 24–25
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Tripoli
November 28–29
2011 [ ]
Erdoğan (center) at an opening ceremony in
Cairo with
Ertuğrul Günay (left) and
Ahmet Davutoğlu (right) as part of the
Arab Spring tour, September 12, 2011
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Kuwait
Kuwait City
January 10–11
Qatar
Doha
January 12–13
Syria
Damascus
January 17
Ukraine
Kyiv
January 24–25
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
February 1–2
Germany
Berlin , Düsseldorf , Hannover
February 28
Russia
Kazan , Moscow
March 15–17
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah , Medina
March 19–21
Iraq
Arbil , Baghdad , Najaf
March 28–29
United Kingdom
London
March 30–31
France
Strasbourg
April 12–13
Georgia
Batumi
May 31
Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
July 19–21
Azerbaijan
Baku
July 27
Somalia
Mogadishu
August 19
Egypt
Cairo
September 12–14
Tunisia
Tunis
September 15–16
Libya
Benghazi , Misrata , Tajura , Tripoli
September 16
United States
New York City
September 19–25
Macedonia
Skopje , Tetovo , Ohrid , Gostivar
September 29–30
South Africa
Pretoria
October 4–5
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
October 26
Germany
Berlin
November 1–2
France
Cannes
November 3–4
2012 [ ]
Cabinets of Spain and Turkey in Madrid, November 27, 2012
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
January 17
South Korea
Seoul
March 24–27
Iran
Tehran
March 27–28
China
Beijing , Shanghai , Ürümqi
April 8–11
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
April 13
Qatar
Doha
April 20–21
Slovenia
Ljubljana , Bled
May 7
Italy
Rome
May 8
Pakistan
Islamabad
May 20–22
Kazakhstan
Astana
May 23–24
Mexico
Los Cabos
June 17–19
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
June 20–22
Russia
Moscow
July 18–19
United Kingdom
London
July 26–27
Azerbaijan
Baku , Shaki
September 11–12
Ukraine
Kyiv , Yalta , Sevastopol
September 13–14
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
September 14–15
Germany
Berlin
October 30–31
Indonesia
Bali
November 6–9
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
November 10
Egypt
Cairo
November 17–18
Pakistan
Islamabad
November 21–22
Spain
Madrid
November 27–28
2013 [ ]
Erdoğan and Obama during bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, May 16, 2013
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Gabon
Libreville
January 6–7
Niger
Niamey
January 8–9
Senegal
Dakar
January 10–11
Qatar
Doha
January 29
Czech Republic
Prague
February 3–4
Hungary
Budapest
February 4–5
Slovakia
Bratislava
February 5–6
United Arab Emirates
Sharjah
February 23–24
Denmark
Copenhagen
March 20–21
Netherlands
Amsterdam , The Hague
March 22
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
April 9–10
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
April 11–12
United States
Washington, D.C. , San Francisco
May 15–20
Morocco
Rabat
June 3–4
Algeria
Algiers
June 4–5
Tunisia
Tunis
June 5–6
Turkmenistan
Awaza
August 15–16
Russia
Saint Petersburg
September 5–6
Argentina
Buenos Aires
September 7–8
Kosovo
Prishtina
October 23
Finland
Helsinki
November 5–6
Sweden
Stockholm
November 6
Poland
Warsaw
November 7
Russia
Saint Petersburg
November 22
Qatar
Doha
December 4
Pakistan
Lahore , Islamabad
December 23–24
2014 [ ]
High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council in St.Petersburg, November 22, 2013
Country
Areas visited
Date(s)
Japan
Tokyo
January 6–8
Singapore
Singapore
January 8–9
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
January 10–11
Belgium
Brussels
January 20–21
Iran
Tehran
January 29–30
Germany
Berlin
February 4–5
Russia
Sochi
February 7
Azerbaijan
Baku
April 4
Germany
Cologne
May 25
Austria
Vienna
June 19
France
Lyon , Paris
June 20–21
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