page_title: Mexico–Turkey relations
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mexico–Turkey relations / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Recorte de la fotografía tomada al monumento a Mustafa Kemal Ataturk en agosto del 2014, ubicado sobre el Paseo de la Reforma en el Distrito Federal, México.Türkçe: Meksika'nın başkenti Meksiko'da, Paseo de la Reforma üzerinde yer alan Atatürk heykeli.
context_page_description: Mexico–Turkey relations refers to the bilateral relations between Mexico and Turkey. Both nations are members of the Australia Group, G20, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the United Nations.
context_section_description: The first official contact between Mexico and the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey) was 1864 when Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico sent out emissaries to several nations to seek official recognition of his rule in the country. Diplomatic relations between the two nations were established in 1928 after the transformation of Turkey from the Ottoman Empire by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the modern Turkish republic in 1923; and after the end of the Mexican revolution in 1920. That same year, both nations signed a 'Friendship Agreement'. Almost immediately, both nations opened diplomatic legations in each other's capitals, respectively. The Turkish Embassy in Mexico City opened in 1947. In 1962, their respective diplomatic missions were upgraded to embassies.
  In June 1992, Mexican Foreign Secretary Fernando Solana paid an official visit to Turkey, becoming at the time the highest level government official to visit the country. While in Turkey, Secretary Solana and his counterpart, Foreign Minister Suleyman Demirel signed agreements on cultural exchanges and of eliminating visa requirements for diplomatic passport holders of both nations. The two nations also agreed to establish a mechanism for political consultations to discuss points of views on bilateral and multilateral mutual interests. In 1998, Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz became the first Turkish head-of-state to pay an official visit to Mexico. In 2009, then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to Mexico. In 2013, President Enrique Peña Nieto became the first Mexican head-of-state pay a visit to Turkey.
  Both nations are considered as regional powers and are playing bigger roles in the international community. Both nations have supported each other diplomatically, particularly in the United Nations and Mexico has supported Turkey over the issue of the Syrian Civil War occurring on its border. In 2013, Mexico donated US$1 million to Turkey for the support of over one million Syrian refugees that are currently being housed in the country. In July 2018, both nations celebrated 90 years of diplomatic relations.
caption: Statue of Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Mexico City
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