Erdoğan urges Trump to settle US–Iran tensions through diplomacy, Turkish presidency says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump on Saturday 7 November 2026 and told him that tensions between the United States and Iran should be resolved through diplomacy, the Turkish presidency said. Erdoğan said Türkiye would continue its peace efforts, that Ankara would keep contributing to efforts to end the war in Ukraine with contacts with both Kyiv and Moscow stepped up, and that he expected US–Turkish cooperation to keep growing. The presidency did not disclose Trump's responses, and no US readout had been published when this story went out.
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Key points
- Erdoğan told Trump by phone that US–Iran tensions should be resolved through diplomacy, the Turkish presidency says.
- He said Türkiye would continue its peace efforts on Iran and keep contributing on Ukraine, with contacts with Kyiv and Moscow stepped up.
- Everything known about the call comes from the Turkish readout — Trump's responses were not disclosed and no US readout has been published.
What happened
The call comes while the United States and Iran remain in a months-long confrontation, with limited US strikes on Iran this week and a proposal track running through regional mediators. Türkiye has positioned itself as a go-between with both Washington and Tehran, and has hosted Russia–Ukraine diplomacy before.
Erdoğan's message to Trump — diplomacy over escalation on Iran, and intensified contacts on Ukraine — puts Ankara forward again as a mediator on both files at a moment when Washington is weighing further strikes against talks.
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Why this label: The call and its Iran content are the Turkish presidency's own readout, reported by Anadolu Agency and carried in the same terms by Reuters' wire report of the readout.
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Why this label: Also from the presidency's readout: the Ukraine and bilateral points are in Reuters' wire report of it, and the Turkic States thanks is in the fuller readout coverage.
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Why this label: The absence is stated in the readout coverage itself; everything known about the call's content comes from the Turkish side, and the claims above are labelled as that side's account.
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What we know / what we don't know yet
What we know
- The call took place on Saturday and the Turkish presidency has published its readout of Erdoğan's messages on Iran, Ukraine and bilateral ties.
What we don't know yet
- Trump's responses — the Turkish readout does not disclose them and no US readout has been published.
- Whether the call produced any agreement or next step — none was announced.
- Whether Türkiye takes a formal mediation role in the US–Iran track.
Why it matters
Türkiye is one of the few capitals talking to Washington, Tehran, Kyiv and Moscow at once. A Turkish push for diplomacy, made directly to Trump, is one of the live channels through which the Iran confrontation could be pulled back — but what Trump said in return is not yet known.
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Published in Checking state — checking continues, and claims are labelled as reporting develops. Basis: the Turkish presidency's readout of the call, via Anadolu Agency and Reuters.