Cheney is due to meet with President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Chief of the Turkish General Staff General Yasar Buyukanit.
Among the issues expected to be raised during the talks are stepping up pressure on Iran to halt its controversial nuclear energy program, the situation in Iraq and Turkeys ongoing concerns over the presence to the terrorists group the PKK in the north of that country, and of deploying Turkish troops in Afghanistan.