{"id":5806,"date":"2024-03-30T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:43:20","slug":"turkey-moving-to-become-a-major-player-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5806","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Moving to Become a Major Player in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author<\/b>: <\/span>Jos\u00e9phine Dedet<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliations<\/b>: <\/span>The Africa Report<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>The Africa Report<\/span> <\/a>\/Jeune Afrique Media Group (JAMG)<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> February 18, 2021\/France<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>800<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/www.theafricareport.com\/66735\/turkey-moving-to-become-a-major-player-in-africa\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> Turkey, Emerging Player, Africa.<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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While visiting some African countries in 2005, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan has set two goals that his country intends to achieve in its relation with African countries: to diversify Turkey\u2019s previously restricted relationship to the Western world and to discover untapped areas to Turkish trade. Although Turkey had a plan to engage with African countries starting in the 1990s, financial and economic instabilities prevented its realization. <\/span>The coming to power of Erdo\u011fan\u2019s party and the rise of the devout and dynamic Anatolian businesses changed that condition. Turkey is now a big player in Africa, a \u201cstrategic partner\u201d of the African Union, and a non-regional member of the African Development Bank with more than $26bn total trade volume with African countries. Turkish Airlines serves 60 African cities while both giant corporations and small-scale businesses are seeking opportunities in the continent. Moreover, Turkey\u2019s major business lobbies, T\u00dcS\u0130AD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) and M\u00dcS\u0130AD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association), and the DE\u0130K\u00a0 (Council for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries) are active throughout Africa. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, T\u0130KA has 22 offices in Africa and finances projects in the construction, agriculture, and health sectors, and also the renovation of buildings from the Ottoman period. In addition to the Turkish drama series, Ankara\u2019s soft power in Africa extends to its generous donations to the construction of hospitals, schools, cultural and educational centers in different countries of the continent. Turkey\u2019s political ties to African countries are established based on non-interference in the internal matters of the countries, advocating \u2018African Solutions\u2019 for African problems, and better representation of the continent in international institutions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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By:<\/b> Jemal Muhamed, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>



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