List of prime ministerial trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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This is a list of prime ministerial trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the 27th and current Prime Minister of Turkey, after winning the elections of November 2, 2002. The official residence and principal workplace of the Prime Minister of Turkey is the Başbakanlık Konutu, in Ankara.

Erdoğan has made most trips to Germany and the second most visited country is the United States, because of (annual) meetings of the United Nations, G20 and other international organizations. The third most visited country is Belgium, due to issues concerning the European Union. The fourth most visited country by Erdoğan is the neighbour and brother country Azerbaijan.^[1]

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has done during the period of his premiership 300 visit exactly.

Summary of international trips

Map of international trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as prime minister:

  Visited countries

  Turkey

The 300 Erdogan visit's by Country

Number of visits	Country
1 visit	Serbia and Montenegro, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Ireland, Romania, Luxembourg, Thailand, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Vatican City, Norway, Palestine/Israel, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, New Zealand, Australia, Monaco, Sudan, Croatia, Latvia, Moldova, Chile, Canada, Serbia, Bangladesh, Somalia, China, Slovenia, Brunei, Gabon, Niger, Senegal, Slovakia, Argentina, Singapore.
2 visits	Portugal, Austria, Tajikistan, Japan, Netherlands, Ethiopia, South Africa, Morocco, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Kuwait, Denmark, Algeria, Macedonia, Jordan, Czech Republic, Sweden, Brazil, Finland, Kosovo, Libya.
3 visits	Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Tunisia, Poland, United Arab Emirates.
4 visits	Malaysia, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Iraq.
5 visits	Iran, Egypt.
6 visits	Northern Cyprus, Greece, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Spain.
7 visits	Pakistan, Qatar.
8 visits	Italy.
9 visits	United Kingdom.
10 visits	France, Syria.
11 visits	-
12 visits	Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Russia.
13 visits	Belgium.
14 visits	-
15 visits	United States.
16 visits	Germany.

2003

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

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, 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	Kiev, 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	Tiblisi	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

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	Warshaw	May 16–17
Kazakhstan	Almati, Astana	May 26–27
United States	New York, 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, Ulan Bator	July 18–21
United Kingdom	London	July 27–28
Italy	Como, Napoli, Rome	September 2–3
United States	New York	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

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, 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	December 18–20
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	December 24–29

2007

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)
Lebanon	Beirut, Tyre	January 3
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	January 28–30
Georgia	Tiblisi	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, 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

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	Tiblisi	August 14
Azerbaijan	Baku	August 20
Syria	Damascus	September 4
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	October 3–4
United States	New York, Washington, D.C.	November 13–15
Switzerland	Geneva	November 17–18
Syria	Damascus	December 31
Jordan	Aqaba	December 31

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	Warshaw	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, 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
Libya	Tripoli	November 28–29

2011

Country	Areas visited	Date(s)
Kuwait	Kuwait City	January 10-11
Qatar	Doha	January 12-13
Syria	Damascus	January 17
Ukraine	Kiev	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	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

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	Kiev, 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

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	Ulan Bator	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	Avaza	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

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

See also

• Foreign policy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government
• List of people by number of countries visited

External links

• Map of the trips made by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Prime Minister's Office
• Travels of the Erdoğan - summary by the newspaper Zaman (Turkish)

References

1. Photo archive of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Anatolian Agency