{"id":7909,"date":"2024-04-03T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:57:29","slug":"turkeys-multidimensional-strategy-towards-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7909","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s Multidimensional Strategy towards Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Authors<\/b>:<\/span> Ibrahim Bachir Abdoulaye<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Zainul Abideen Jibril<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (Bayreuth, Germany),\u00a0 Adamawa State University (Mubi, Nigeria)<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>SETA<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>October 2021\/ Ankara, Turkey<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Article<\/span><\/p>

Number of Pages: <\/b>4\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Link<\/b>: <\/span>https:\/\/www.setav.org\/en\/perspective-turkeys-multidimensional-strategy-towards-africa\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Keywords:<\/i><\/b> Turkey, Africa, Cooperation, Diplomacy, Soft Power<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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Ibrahim Bachir Abdoulaye and Zainul Abideen Jibril discuss the Turkish multi-dimensional strategy towards Africa. They first outline the Turkish-African relations and Turkey\u2019s policy towards Africa, then analyze Erdogan\u2019s visit to Angola, Toga, and Nigeria. Turkey\u2019s policy towards Africa has first been defined in the \u2018Africa Action Plan \u2019in 1998 which aimed at developing economic relations with Africa to open new markets, yet this plan was not put into action until 2002 when the AKP came to power. African countries have welcomed the Turkish partnership due to its clean history from colonialism in the continent, and Turkey has sought to maintain its position in Africa through enhancing economic and social developments based on bilateral relations. While African countries consider their relations with Turkey as essential to the diversification of their international relations and opening the way for more investment opportunities and economic development, the Western countries consider it as an offence by Turkey to achieve a neo-Ottoman paradigm. The African continent is advantageous to Turkey due to its geographical proximity, its historical and religious ties, and economic opportunities. Accordingly, Turkey has embraced a \u201cmultidimensional strategy\u201d which encompasses state and non-state actors that collaborate on diplomacy, economy, and politics. This has included almost 43 diplomatic missions coordinated by T\u0130KA (The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency) along with many non-state actors such as Yunus Emre cultural centers, the Maarif Foundation, and many other NGOs that provided humanitarian aid. The authors shed light on Erdogan\u2019s recent visit to Angola, Toga, and Nigeria. They underlined that the choice of these countries is based on their critical strategic position to the Turkish interests in the continent. Security issues, fighting terrorism such as FETO, trade, and humanitarian aid have been on the top of the cooperation plan priorities. To sum up, Turkey embraces \u2018bilateral, regional, continental, and global dimensions \u2019while arranging multiple cooperation aspects including politics, economy, culture, and humanitarian aspects. The last visit of Erdogan to Africa aimed to strengthen these relations and underline the Western injustices toward Africa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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By: Yomna S\u00fcleyman, CIGA Research Assistant<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authors: Ibrahim Bachir Abdoulaye, Zainul Abideen Jibril Affiliation: Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (Bayreuth, Germany),\u00a0 Adamawa State University (Mubi, Nigeria) Organization\/Publisher: SETA Date\/Place: October 2021\/ Ankara, Turkey Type of Literature: Article Number of Pages: 4\u00a0 Link: https:\/\/www.setav.org\/en\/perspective-turkeys-multidimensional-strategy-towards-africa\/\u00a0 Keywords: Turkey, Africa, Cooperation, Diplomacy, Soft Power Brief: Ibrahim Bachir Abdoulaye and Zainul Abideen Jibril discuss 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