Erdogan will decide soon on Trump’s Board of Peace invite, FM says

By Reuters 20 January 2026, 2:06 pm 1 Edit

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference with Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Istanbul, Turkey, December 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will soon decide whether to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative after having received an invitation, Turkey’s foreign minister says.

“We have received an invitation. Our President is being invited as a founding member, on behalf of Turkey (and) will likely make his decision on this matter very soon,” Hakan Fidan says in a televised interview with state media.