Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu accompanied President Erdoğan who paid a state visit to Germany on September 27-29, 2018.

On Friday, September 28, President Erdoğan held a meeting with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany.

President Erdoğan also met with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and held a joint press conference.

Minister Çavuşoğlu emphasized that President Erdoğan's state visit will open a new page in Turkey-Germany relations for benefit of all.

President Erdoğan attended the official dinner hosted in their honor by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany.

On Saturday, September 29, President Erdoğan met with Chancellor Angela Merkel at a working breakfast.

Following the meeting, President Erdoğan received State Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet in Cologne.

President Erdoğan inaugurated DITIB mosque in Cologne. At the official inauguration ceremony, President Erdoğan stated that Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism are the ills that threaten not only today, but also the future.