Türkiye’nin Afrika Açılım Politikası: Tarihsel Arka Plan, Stratejik Ortaklık ve Geleceği
Turkey’s Opening to Africa Policy: Historical Background, Strategic Partnership and Its Future

Summary/Abstract: After the approval of ‘Opening to Africa Plan’ in 1998, Turkey, who has made an entrance to Africa recently, specifically by implementing a policy which has had economic, cultural and humane dimensions since 2005, is developing its relations with the countries of Africa and consolidating the institutional infrastructure of the cooperation based on the strategic partnership. Cooperation, whose principles were defined by two parties at the I. Summit held in Istanbul where ‘The Istanbul Declaration’ and ‘The Framework for Cooperation’ documents were adopted, was carried to the implementation phase by ‘Implementation Plan 2010-2014’.The development of the Turkey-Africa relations has an importance which will have bearings on balance of regional powers. While opening to Africa has supplied economic and political opportunities to Turkey, decision makers will face with the difficulties of multilateral politics in the forthcoming course.

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