German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Turkey for the first time in his premiership on Monday as the country emerges as a potential mediator following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Scholz will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan followed by a joint press conference, the German chancellery said on Friday. Turkey, a NATO member, has offered to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, whose troops invaded Ukraine on February 24. Turkey on Thursday hosted the first direct talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba since the beginni…