Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan held yesterday a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro, during which relations between Turkey and Venezuela were discussed and Erdoğan conveyed to Maduro Ankara’s support for the process of dialogue to solve the current political crisis following the presidential elections in this Latin American country.
According to Turkish media, citing sources from the Communications Office of the Presidency of the Republic, during the conversation they discussed bilateral relations as well as current regional and global issues; Erdoğan also conveyed to the Venezuelan leader Turkey’s gratitude to Venezuela “for supporting Palestine in the face of Israeli oppression“.
During the call, the Turkish president also expressed his hope that the recent elections held in the Latin American country “will lead to favourable results for Venezuela”. According to an official statement, Erdoğan stressed that “Turkey will continue to support the dialogue process in Venezuela“, and conveyed to Maduro “his wish for peace, prosperity and well-being for the Venezuelan people“.
Erdoğan’s message coincides with Turkey’s official position on the recent presidential elections in Venezuela. So far, the only official statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic limited itself to expressing satisfaction that “the presidential elections held in Venezuela on 28 July 2024 took place in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity”. “We highly value the stability and prosperity of Venezuela and wish the results to be beneficial for the friendly Venezuelan people. As in the past, Türkiye will continue to stand by Venezuela and its people,” concluded the sort statement issued from Ankara.
Turkey has in recent years intensified its relations with Latin America, including Venezuela, and has maintained a neutral stance following the controversial results published by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) after the 28 July presidential election, in which the CNE declared Maduro – in power since 2013 – the winner with 51% of the vote against opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, but without presenting data or the official results, which to this day the Venezuelan government has still not delivered; meanwhile, the opposition led by María Corina Machado – who claims to have around 80% of the official results – assures that Edmundo won by more than 30 points over Maduro.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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