UN voting record · Middle East
How Turkey votes at the UN
Turkey votes with the European majority on most texts and with most members on Palestine. In 2025 it agreed with Spain and Greece on 93% of recorded votes (votes where each country's choice is listed), with the United Kingdom on 87% and with the United States on 20%. It voted yes on the main Ukraine resolutions shown below and on every Gaza resolution shown, but did not vote on the December 2025 resolution on Ukrainian children.
- 87%
With United KingdomIn 2024: 78% - 83%
With ChinaIn 2024: 65% - 78%
With RussiaIn 2024: 60% - 20%
With the USIn 2024: 59%
Share of recorded General Assembly votes on which Turkey and each country voted the same way, 2025.
Does Turkey vote with NATO or with the developing world?
In 2025 Turkey agreed with Spain, Greece and Portugal on 93% of recorded votes and with China and India on 83%, below the 87% average for all members. Turkey is a NATO member, an EU candidate and a member of the Western European and Others Group, one of the UN's five regional groups (it also takes part in the Asia-Pacific Group). It is not in the Group of 77 (G77), the UN's caucus of developing countries. Its foreign ministry describes an "independent and national foreign policy." President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's slogan for Security Council reform is "The world is bigger than five," meaning the five permanent Security Council members.
Turkey's agreement with the United States fell from 59% in 2024 to 20% in 2025 because US policy changed, not Turkey's. On 43 of those votes the United States was the only no, and Turkey voted yes on 41 of them. Turkey parts from Europe on the law of the sea, voting no alone in 2025 because, it says, it is not party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. It abstains on most nuclear-disarmament texts.
How does Turkey vote on Ukraine and Gaza?
In March 2022 Turkey's representative said Russia's offensive against Ukraine "blatantly violates the fundamental rules of international law" and "It is still not too late to go back to the negotiating table." Turkey has not joined Western sanctions on Russia. It hosted Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul in 2022 and three more rounds there in 2025. It did not vote on the December 2025 resolution on the return of Ukrainian children.
Turkey halted all trade with Israel on May 2, 2024. It closed its ports to Israeli ships in August 2025. In August 2024 it joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice as an intervening state. Its UN votes on Palestine were already yes. At the General Assembly in September 2026 Israel's delegation walked out of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech. President Erdogan said "We face a genocidal mindset that can never get enough of killing." Israel rejects the genocide charge.
- Mar 2022"Aggression against Ukraine"141 yes, 5 no, 35 abstainedYes
- Apr 2022Suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council93 yes, 24 no, 58 abstainedYes
- Feb 2025A just and lasting peace93 yes, 18 no, 65 abstainedYes
- Dec 2023Humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza153 yes, 10 no, 23 abstainedYes
- Jun 2025Ceasefire in Gaza, June 2025149 yes, 12 no, 19 abstainedYes
- Sep 2025The New York Declaration on a two-state solution142 yes, 10 no, 12 abstainedYes
Which countries vote most like Turkey?
Compare with any country →Turkey's closest match in 2025 was Bolivia (95%), followed by European states such as Spain, Greece and Portugal (93%), reflecting its place in the European majority. Its least alike were the United States, Israel and Argentina.
Bolivia95%
Bosnia and Herzegovina93%
Spain93%
Greece93%
Luxembourg93%
Montenegro93%
- United States20%
Israel37%
Argentina45%
Nauru46%
Paraguay67%
How did Turkey vote on the big votes?
| Vote | Turkey | United States | Russia | China | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A just and lasting peace in UkraineFebruary 24, 2025 | Yes | No | No | Abstained | Adopted 93–18 |
| Suspending Russia from the Human Rights CouncilApril 7, 2022 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Adopted 93–24 |
| Demanding a permanent ceasefire in GazaJune 12, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 149–12 |
| The New York Declaration on two statesSeptember 12, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 142–10 |
| Ending the US embargo on CubaOctober 29, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Adopted 165–7 |
Where does Turkey sit?
Turkey sits at the edge of the European cluster, between Europe and the large developing-country group.
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