Turkey's opening to Africa

Turkey's opening to Africa

Author: 
Özkan, Mehmet
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
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Journal Title: 
Journal of Modern African Studies
Source: 
The Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 48, no. 4, 2010, pp. 525-546
Abstract: 

As part of on-going multidimensional foreign policy changes in recent years, there has been since 1998 a revival in Turkey's relations with Africa. Initially rather passive, after 2005 this became a massive effort to develop relations with the whole continent. However, Turkey's Africa policy is unique in Turkish foreign policy, since for the first time it is driven and complemented by the activities of civil society organisations in and about Africa. Conceptualisation of Africa in Turkish society has changed dramatically in less than a decade, and the recent Turkey?Africa Cooperation Summit should be seen as part of this trend. Turkey's opening to Africa is not a short-term inclination, but is likely to develop and deepen in coming years.

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CITATION: Özkan, Mehmet. Turkey's opening to Africa . : Cambridge University Press , . The Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 48, no. 4, 2010, pp. 525-546 - Available at: https://library.au.int/turkeys-opening-africa-3