Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan walks after speaking to the media, at the end of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 23, 2025. Thomas Mukoya/ReutersANKARA—Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would have a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss peace efforts in Ukraine, adding that he would also ask him to restart a deal for the safe passage of grains via the Black Sea.NATO member Turkey has maintained cordial ties with both Kyiv and Moscow during the war, providing military help to Ukraine but refusing to join Western sanctions on Moscow. It has hosted three rounds of peace talks between the warring parties in Istanbul and offered to host a leaders’ meeting.
Turkeys Erdogan Says He Will Speak to Russias Putin on Monday
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