The Turkish Embassy in Madrid began operations in 1857. The Embassy began storing records of relations between Turkey and Spain on January 1, 1951.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the then Prime Minister, and Former Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero initiated the Alliance of Civilizations initiative in 2005 with the common understanding that only a broad coalition defending the mutual respect among different cultures could tackle the growing tendencies of alienation and polarization.

On the other hand, Türkiye-Spain Intergovernmental Summit meetings, the first of which was organized in Istanbul in 2009 and held eight times so far, have carried the bilateral relations to the highest level. The last Intergovernmental Summit was held in Madrid on June 13, 2024.

José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation paid an official visit to Türkiye on 20-21 March 2024.

Our Minister visited Spain on September 13, 2024, on the occasion of the Gaza Contact Group meeting.

President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, paid a working visit to İstanbul on May 23, 2025.