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Ezgi Akin

Jul 25, 2023

China Yi — Chinese diplomat Wang Yi speaks during the 2023 Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18, 2023 in Munich, Germany. — Johannes Simon/Getty Images

met with Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, in Beijing

Turkey’s Fidan arrives on first visit to China, will travel to Uyghur region

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is on a visit to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China Photo Credit: @HakanFidan on X

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Have Turkey, China hit reset button on Uyghurs as Fidan visits Xinjiang?

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan (R) meets with his Chinese counterpart and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Wang Yi (L) in Ankara, on July 26, 2023. Wang Yi this week returns as China's foreign minister, stepping into a job he held for almost a decade in the face of the month-long absence of deposed diplomat Qin Gang. (Photo by POOL / AFP) (Photo by -/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey's Erdogan, Fidan talk economic ties with China's foreign minister

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan (C) welcomes his Chinese counterpart and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Wang Yi (R) in Ankara, on July 26, 2023.

In China, Turkey’s Fidan says he plans to attend BRICS meeting in Russia

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO