Ivory Coast–Turkey relations

Ivory Coast–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Ivory Coast and Turkey.

Historical relations

For most of the 20th century, President Houphouët-Boigny’s and Turkey's foreign policy aligned: Both countries have been staunch supportersMundt, Robert. Historical Dictionary the Ivory Coast. (African J. of Historical Dictionaries, No. 41.) Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1987. of Israel and considered the Soviet Union as a threat.

Bilateral relations became tense in the early 1960sBlackburn, Brigitte. "L'Afrique poignardee par l'occident: Le cas de la Cote d’Ivoire," Africa International [Dakar, Senegal], No. 194, April 1987, 13-16. when President Houphouët-Boigny assisted French nuclear testing in Algeria and refused to (1) condemn France for its response to Algerian War and (2) provide Algeria with any assistance.

Relations became tenseDelorme, Nicole. "The Foreign Policy of the Ivory Coast." pp. 118–135 in Olajide Aluko (ed.), The Foreign Policies of African States. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997. again in February 1986, when Houphouët-Boigny announced the decision to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in exchange William Zartman and Christopher L. Delga- do (eds.), The Political Economy of Ivory Coast. New York: Praeger, 1984 for Israeli aid. This decision was in defiance of a 1980 United Nations Security Council resolution calling on all countries to withdraw their embassies from that city.

Presidential visits Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit President Alassane Ouattara President Abdullah Gül Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara March 25-28, 2014 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President Alassane Ouattara Abidjan February 28-29, 2016

Economic relations Trade volume between the two countries was US$409.7 million in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: US$220.9/188.8 million). There are direct flights from Istanbul to Abidjan since July 2012.

See also

Foreign relations of Ivory Coast Foreign relations of Turkey

References