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AP Exclusive: Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks diplomatic efforts as regional war rages

March 14, 2026

Turkey’s powerful foreign minister said Saturday that there is no serious initiative to resume negotiations between the United States and Iran but that he believes Iran is open to back-channel talks. The comments by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to The Associated Press in an exclusive interview came as Ankara is striving to stay out of the widening war in the Middle East.

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