Canada embargoes Turkey arms and locks itself out of future defence procurements

 On April 12, 2021 Canadian, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau announced that the federal government was ending all arms sales to Turkey as a result of the last year’s conflict in the contested area of Nagorno-Karabakh. During the war, Turkish backed Azeri troops retook most of the contested region after a month

Notable challenges in Canada-Turkey relations

 by Chris R. Kilford International eyes will soon turn to the 2023 Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections and whether President Erdoğan (pictured above) and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will continue in power. Relations between Canada and Turkey have generally been good since the two countries established diplomatic ties