Turkey lauds improvement in relations with China after long stagnation

ISTANBUL -- Relations between Turkey and China have been making progress as of late, after years of stagnation mostly due to the thorny issue of China's alleged ill treatment of its ethnic Turkic Muslim minority of Uyghurs.

A recent large-scale investment from Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD in Turkey and the announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of possible reciprocal state visits by the Turkish and Chinese leaders herald a sea change in bilateral relations.