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German Chancellor Merkel to visit Turkey next week

Merkel, Erdogan to meet in Istanbul on Jan. 24 to discuss bilateral relations, international issues

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15:12 - 17/01/2020 Friday
Update: 15:13 - 17/01/2020 Friday
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose as they meet at Downing Street ahead of the NATO summit in London, Britain, December 3, 2019. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose as they meet at Downing Street ahead of the NATO summit in London, Britain, December 3, 2019. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Turkey next week to discuss bilateral relations and international issues, her spokesman said Friday.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Steffen Seibert said Merkel would visit Istanbul on Jan. 24 for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"The topics of the meeting will be the current international and bilateral issues," he said, without giving further details about the agenda.

Merkel and Erdogan are also set to attend the official opening ceremony for the new campus of the Turkish-German University in Istanbul.

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