New Zealand–Turkey relations

New Zealand–Turkey relations have developed steadily over the last few years, with a reaffirmation of bonds arising from the shared Gallipoli experience of World War I.

Turkish-New Zealand relations

Turkey
New Zealand

History

In January 1992 Turkey opened an embassy in Wellington, with New Zealand opening an embassy in Ankara in 1993.[1]

A memorial to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of the Turkish forces at Gallipoli who went on to become the founder of modern Turkey, is sited at Tarakina Bay overlooking the entrance to Wellington harbour.[2]

On 23 October 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the New Zealand Ambassador Wendy Hinton "persona non grata" after she joined the ambassadors of nine other Western countries including the United States, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden in calling for the release of the imprisoned businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala.[3][4] On 25 October, Erdogan backtracked on his initial threats to expel the ten ambassadors following criticism from opposition parties, stating that the diplomats had fulfilled their commitment to Article 41 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and that they would be more careful in their future statements.[5][6]

Visits

Head of State
Dates Head of State
April 1990 Governor-General, Sir Paul Reeves
August 1991 President of Turkey, Turgut Özal
21–28 April 1998 Governor-General, Sir Michael Hardie Boys
21 April - 1 May 2003 Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright
April 2009 Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand

Prime Minister
Dates Prime Minister
23–27 April 2005 Prime Minister, Helen Clark
3–7 December 2005 Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
22–26 April 2010 Prime Minister, John Key

Minister of foreign Affairs
Dates Minister
1985 Vahit Melih Halefoğlu
12–15 September 1992 Don McKinnon
27 February-2 March 1994 Hikmet Çetin
16–19 April 1995 Donald Charles McKinnon
23–25 April 2001 Phil Goff
April 2007 Winston Peters
April 2009 Winston Peters

See also

References
  1. Hurriyet. "PM Erdogan to visit New Zealand". Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  2. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. "Republic of Turkey: Bilateral relationship". Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  3. "NZ ambassador to Turkey 'unwelcome' after calls to free jailed businessman". Stuff. 24 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. "Turkey's Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 Western ambassadors". Al Jazeera. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. "Turkey reverses threat to expel European ambassadors". Euronews. 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. McKernan, Beth (25 October 2021). "Turkey backs down on threat to expel foreign ambassadors". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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