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  "id": 16084147,
  "title": "Turkey and Canada launch strategic partnership",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/turkey-and-canada-launch-strategic-partnership-16084147",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:55:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/22/turkey-and-canada-launch-strategic-partnership/"
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  "account": "Turkey and Canada officially launched a strategic partnership on Thursday, aiming to deepen cooperation in energy, defence, and trade amid rising global instability. During a two-day visit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The pair signed agreements to enhance defence collaboration and energy relations, and agreed to increase flights to boost trade and travel between the two nations.\n\nTurkey, facing energy price shocks from the US-Iran war, has revised its inflation targets and is seeking to secure energy and fuel imports, including from Canada. The strategic partnership extends beyond a symbolic gesture, with Turkey outlining a three-year action plan focusing on trade and investment, defence and security, energy, and people-to-people ties, according to Mr Carney.\n\nCarney will meet with Turkish business leaders in Istanbul on Friday before initiating free-trade agreement discussions the following month. Both countries aim to increase trade from the current $3 billion to $10 billion, though no specific timeline was provided.\n\nFormer Turkish diplomat Sinan Ulgen, now leading the Edam think tank in Istanbul, emphasized that the visit underscores Turkey's role as a \"middle-power\" player, diversifying its foreign policy ties with Canada and other nations. Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, urged Carney to address concerns about increasing authoritarianism in Turkey, such as recent arrests of activists, journalists, and opposition politicians.",
  "summary": "Turkey and Canada launched a strategic partnership on Thursday, pledging to forge closer ties in energy and defence as global instability prompts nations around the world to reinforce their militaries and energy supply chains. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara as part of a two-day trip to Turkey, the first official visit by a Canadian premier…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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