The Hungarian-Turkish Business Association (Turkcham) was established by the five founding members in 1999, on the initiation of Turkish businessman Suat Karakuş who is now the President of the association. He tells Diplomacy&Trade about how much – and in what fields – the organization has been able to contribute to enhancing relations between Turkey and […]
The leading article of the recent Turkish Focus in Diplomacy&Trade was a comprehensive interview with the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Hungary, Ahmet Akif Oktay. He talks – among other issues – about the growing trade and investment relations between the two countries, especially in the field of energy as well as the […]
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has paid a one-day official visit in Budapest. He was received by his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán as well as by Hungarian President János Áder, and attended a Turkish-Hungarian business forum.
Hungarian-Turkish relations have strong roots dating back several decades and have a promising future as well, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a Turkish-Hungarian business forum organized in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Budapest this Tuesday. Topics of discussion included strengthening economic cooperation, particularly in the fields of industry, agriculture and transport.
A large number of guests gathered in the Museum of Fine Arts near the City Park in the Hungarian capital Thursday evening at the invitation of the Turkish Ambassador to Hungary, Kemal Gür to celebrate the Turkey's national day.
A large number of guests gathered in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest Thursday evening at the invitation of the Turkish Ambassador to Hungary, Kemal Gür to celebrate the Turkey's national day.
The celebration was held to coincide with the opening of an exhibition about Hungarianss in Turkey. In his speech, the Hungarian Minister of National Resources Miklós Réthelyi talked about the hundreds of years of frienship connecting the two peoples.
Though many Turkish architectural remains were demolished, nevertheless, the cultural heritage is still rich and full of amazing stories. Diplomacy and Trade found an excellent guide in Mihály Ráday to explore this topic.
The Turks, who were stationed in Hungary for 150 years, could not have found a better place for developing their sophisticated bathing culture. Hungary had the treasure they needed: thermal water. Not just any water, nor in just any amount.
Although, Hungarian remember the Ottoman Turks as savage people who occupied south and central Hungary for some 150 years, historian Tamás Katona's piece for Diplomacy & Trade brings up two positive examples.
“It is very pleasant and comfortable to be the Turkish ambassador in Hungary. When people see the Turkish flag, they wave and say ‘hello’; I salute back.” That is how Turkish Ambassador Kemal Gür began his interview with Diplomacy & Trade.
Mediha ªükriye Martinez, the wife of the previous Mexican ambassador to Hungary, José Luis Martínez Hernández, mourns the death of her father, Osman Nami Osmanoglu, the grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamit II.
