AnkaraCanada now signs defence deals with Turkey, which it once embargoed.
Canada sends nearly 70% of its exports to the US and wants other markets.
Carney and Erdogan launched a three-year action plan Thursday, with defence, energy and air transport agreements signed.
Rights groups criticise Turkey’s opposition crackdown since 2024, which Ankara says is not politically motivated.
Free trade talks open in Ankara next month, and Turkey hosts COP31 in Antalya from 9 November.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- TRT World leans favorable
- frames the deal through Turkish statements of 83 years of relations and NATO-ally credentials, with no mention of Canadian rights concerns
- Al Jazeera Online
- foregrounds Canada's reliance on the US as the driver, linking the deal to a Canada-Turkiye free trade agreement and first-round talks next month
- Al-Monitor
- cites the decades-old Canadian concerns over human rights and the Turkish arms embargo as the thaw being overcome
Sources: TRT World, Al Jazeera Online, Al-Monitor