Canada and Turkiye Announce Strategic Partnership With Three-Year Action Plan

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the launch of a Canada-Turkiye Strategic Partnership on October 22, 2026, backed by a three-year action plan. Its pillars are trade, defence, energy and people-to-people ties. Carney's two-day trip is the first bilateral (two-country) visit to Turkiye by a Canadian prime minister.