19th Century

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1873: First Secretary of the State of Japan, Fukuchi Genichiro visited Turkey

1887: HIH Prince and Princess Komatsu of Japan visited Turkey

1890 June: Admiral Commander of Turkish Naval Forces, Osman Pasha and Turkish delegate visited Japan

1891 January: Commander of Japanese Naval Forces, Oyama Takanosuke and Japanese delegate visited Turkey

 

1900 - 1980

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1924 August: Japan officially recognized Turkey

1925 March: Japan opened an embassy in Istanbul, Turkey

1925 July: Turkey opened an embassy in Japan

1930: Commerce and navigation treaty between Japan and Turkey was signed

1934 April: Commerce and navigation treaty between Japan and Turkey became effective

1937 October: Japan moved her embassy from Istanbul to Ankara

1952 June: Turkey reopened its embassy in Japan.

1953 May: Japan reopened its embassy in Turkey.

1957: Visa exemption agreement between Japan and Turkey was signed

1958 January: Visa exemption agreement between Japan and Turkey became effective

1965 January: Japan establishes a consulate in Istanbul 

1972 October: Japan upgraded its Istanbul consulate to consulate-general status  

 

1980 - 1990

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1989 July: Agreement between Japan and Turkey for Air Services was signed

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1990 - 2000

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1992: Agreement between Japan and Turkey Concerning the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investment was signed

1993 March: Agreement between Japan and Turkey Concerning the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investment became effective

1993: Convention between Japan and Turkey for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Income Taxes was signed

1994 December: Convention between Japan and Turkey for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Income Taxes became effective

1998 May: Turkish-Japanese foundation culture center was opened in Turkey

1998 May: HIH Prince Tomohito of Japan visited Turkey

1999 August: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Masahiko Koumura visited Turkey

 

2000 - 2010

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2000: State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ichita Yamamoto visited Turkey

2000 April: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ismail Cem visited Japan

2000 June: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Mustafa Cumhur Ersumer visited Japan

2000 June: State Minister of Turkey, Fikret Unlu visited Japan (The opening of Tokyo Mosque)

2000 August: Minister of Public Works and Settlement of Turkey, Mehmet Aydin visited Japan

2000 August: State Minister for Maritime Affairs of Turkey, Ramazan Mirzaoglu visited Japan

2000 September: Minister of Environment of Turkey, Fevzi Aytekin visited Japan

2000 November: State Minister for Economy of Turkey, Recep Onal visited Japan

2001 January: Minister of State of Japan, Ryutaro Hashimoto visited Turkey

2001 November: Minister of Tourism of Turkey, Mustafa Tashar visited Japan

2002 January: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Makiko Tanaka visited Turkey

2002 January: Minister of State of Turkey, Edip Safder Gaydali visited Japan (Afghanistan Reconstruction Assistance International Conference)

2002 March: Minister of Public Works and Settlement of Turkey, Abdulkadir Akcan visited Japan

2002 April: Minister of Transport and Communication of Turkey, Oktay Vural visited Japan

2002 June: State Minister of Turkey, Fikret Unlu visited Japan (Soccer World Cup 2002)

2002 July: Chairman of the Japan-Turkey Friendship Council, Muraoka visited Turkey

2002 October: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Atsuko Toyama visited Turkey

2002 October: HIH Prince Tomohito of Japan visited Turkey 

2002 November: Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister), Toshimitsu Motegi visited Turkey

2003 February: Taro Nakayama, Special Envoy of Prime Minister visited Turkey

2003 February: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Ertugrul Yalcinbayir visited Japan (Ceremony to commemorate the opening of the "Turkish Year")

2003 June: National Assembly Chairman of Turkey, Bulent Arinc visited Japan

2003 June: HIH Prince Tomohito and HIH Princess Akiko visited Turkey

2003 August: Minister of Culture and Environment of Turkey, Erkan Mumcu visited Japan (NHK "Three Great Civilizations of Turkey Exhibition" Opening Ceremony)

2003 September:  Vice-Chairman of the House of Councilors, Japan-Turkey Friendship Council, Japan, Shoji Motooka visited Turkey

2003 October: HIH Prince and Princess Tomohito visited Turkey

2003 December: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Abdullah Gul visited Japan

2004 April: Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Japan

2004 July: HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa of Japan visited Turkey (Groundbreaking Ceremony of Anatolian Archaeological Institute)

2005 May: Minister of Finance of Japan, Sadakazu Tanigaki visited Turkey (Asian Development Bank General Assembly)

2005 August: State Minister of Turkey, Besir Atalay visited Japan 

2005 September: HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa of Japan, HIH Princess Akiko of Japan visited Turkey  

2006 January: Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi visited Turkey

2006 October: Minister of State of Turkey, Kursad Tuzmen visited Japan

2007 February: Public Works Minister of Turkey, Faruk Nafiz Ozak visited Japan

2007 May: Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shotaro Yachi visited Turkey 

2007 November: Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Itsunori Onodera visited Turkey  

2008 May: HIH Princess Akiko of Japan visited Turkey 

2008 June: President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul visited Japan

2009: HIH Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan visited Romania

2009: HIH Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan visited Bulgaria 

2009 March: Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan visited Turkey 

2009 October: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Serbia, Vuk Jeremic visited Japan

2009 October: Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay visited Japan

2009 December: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Katsuya Okada visited Turkey

 

2010 - Present

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2010 January: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Katsuya Okada visited Turkey

2010 May: HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa of Japan visited Turkey (“2010 Japan Year in Turkey” Friendship Celebration Ceremony) 

2010 July: HIH Prince Tomohito of Japan, HIH Princess Akiko of Japan visited Turkey (Opening Ceremony of Anatolian Archaeological Institute) 

2010 July: Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Takahiro Yokomichi visited Turkey 

2010 October: Speaker of Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mehmet Ali Sahin visited Japan

2010 October: Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Zafer Caglayan visited Japan

2010 December: Minister of Transport and Telecommunications of Turkey, Binali Yildirim, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Taner Yildiz visited Japan

2011 December: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Ali Babacan visited Japan

2012 January: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Koichiro Gemba visited Turkey 

2012 May: Minister of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey, Nihat Ergun visited Japan

2012 June: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Koichiro Gemba visited Turkey (4th NPDI Foreign Ministers' Meeting)

2012 June: Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in Istanbul

2012 June: Memorandum on Establishing a Framework for Cooperation in Economic Relations between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey" was signed in Tokyo

2012 July: Minister of Economy of Turkey, Zafer Caglayan visited Japan

2012 October: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Ali Babacan and Minister of Health of Turkey, Recep Akdag visited Japan

2013: HIH Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan visited Slovenia

2013: Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Minoru Kiuchi, HIH Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan, and Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nobuo Kishi visited Croatia

2013: Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes was signed

2013: Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government to the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation for Development of Nuclear Power Industry in the Republic of Turkey was signed

2013 March: Minister of Defense of Turkey, Ismet Yilmaz visited Japan 

2013 May: Minister of Environment and Urbanisation of Turkey, Erdogan Bayraktar visited Japan

2013 May: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Turkey

2013 October: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe visited Turkey (Marmaray Project Opening Ceremony)

2014 January: Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Japan

2014 April: HIH Princess Akiko of Japan visited Turkey

2014 April: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu visited Japan (8th NPDI Hiroshima Foreign Ministers' Meeting)

2014 June: Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes became effective

2014 July: Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Nobuo Kishi visited Turkey

2014 July: Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Yoshitaka Shindo visited Turkey

2014 July: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi visited Turkey

2014 October: Minister of Economy of Turkey, Nihat Zeybekci visited Japan

2014 November: Minister of Education of Turkey, Nabi Avci visited Japan (ESD UNESCO World Congress)

2015 February: Minister of Finance of Turkey, Mehmet Simsek visited Japan

2015 February: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan, Taro Aso visited Turkey (G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting)

2015 March: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmus visited Japan (3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction)

2015 April: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Hakubun Shimomura visited Turkey

2015 May: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi visited Turkey (G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting)

2015 May: Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, Akihiro Ohta visited Turkey

2015 June: Speaker of Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Cemil Cicek visited Japan 

2015 July: Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government to the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation for Development of Nuclear Power Industry in the Republic of Turkey became effective

2015 October: President of Turkey, R. Tayyip Erdogan visited Japan

2015 November: Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of Japan, Taro Aso visited Turkey (G20 Antalya Summit)

2016: University of Science and Technology Establishment Agreement was signed between Turkey and Japan

2016 August: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Mehmet Simsek visited Japan

2016 September: Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting was held in New York

2016 September: Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs of Japan, Yosuke Tsuruho visited Turkey

2016 October: Minister of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey, Faruk Ozlu visited Japan (STS Forum, International Science and Technology Ministers' Meeting)

2016 November: Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Turkey, Mehmet Muezzinoglu visited Japan

2017 January: Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Keiichi Ishii visited Turkey

2017 June: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu visited Japan and Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Tokyo

2017 July: Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting was held in Hamburg 　

2017 December: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Taro Kono visited Turkey

2017 December: Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Singapore 　

2018 March: Minister of Economy of Turkey, Nihat Zeybekci visited Japan

2018 April: Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Akdag visited Japan

2018 May: Chairman of the Japan-Turkey Friendship Council, Toshihiro Nikai and Minister of State for Special Missions, Teru Fukui visited Turkey

2018 July: Special Envoy of Prime Minister, Masahiro Imamura visited Turkey

2018 August: Japan-Turkey Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Singapore  

2018 September: HIH Princess Akiko visited Turkey

2018 September: Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting was held in New York  

2018 November: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy visited Japan

2018 December: Japan-Turkey Summit Meeting was held in Buenos Aires  

2019 March: Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy visited Japan

2019 June: President of Turkey, R. Tayyip Erdogan visited Japan

2019 October: Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy visited Japan

2019 November: Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Sentop visited Japan

2019 November: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu visited Japan (G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting)

2021 August: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi visited Turkey

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Sources:

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

https://www.mofa.go.jp

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

https://www.mfa.gov.tr

The Imperial Household Agency

https://www.kunaicho.go.jp