Chile–Turkey relations

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Chile–Turkey relations (Spanish: Las relaciones Chile-Turquía; Turkish: Şili-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Chile and Turkey. Chile was the first country in Latin America which recognized Turkey with the Friendship Treaty, on January 30, 1926.[1] In Santiago, there can be found the Turkish Republic Square, Atatürk College[2][3] and Atatürk monument.[4]

Chile-Turkey relations
Map indicating locations of Chile and Turkey

Chile

Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
Embassy of Turkey in Santiago

In 1930 the Turkish Embassy in Chile opened as the Turks rewarded the Chileans for formally recognizing their country in 1926. The Chilean embassy in Turkey opened in 1941.[5]

In addition Turkey includes a Chile Square in Ankara inaugurated on September 18, 1970 that contains the Bernardo O'Higgins Monument.[4][6] The Pablo Neruda square in Turkey was inaugurated in 2007.[4]


Presidential Visits

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Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
  President Süleyman Demirel   President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle La Moneda Palace, Santiago April 6, 1995[7]
  President Ricardo Lagos   President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara October 12, 2004[7]
  President Sebastián Piñera   President Abdullah Gül Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara November 20, 2012[7]
  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan   President Sebastián Piñera La Moneda Palace, Santiago January 31, 2016[7]

Embassy of Turkey in Santiago

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The Embassy of Turkey in Santiago is the diplomatic mission of Turkey to Chile.[8] The incumbent ambassador is Gülcan Akoğuz.[9] The embassy also hosts offices of representatives and attachés from Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Trade and Turkish Armed Forces.[10] The relations between Turkey and Chile goes back to the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Santiago in 2 August 1930. The inaugural envoy was Chargé d'Affaires Talat Kayaalp.[11] According to a TV program titled 5N1K (CNN Türk), about 1,000 Turkish citizens live in Chile.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Yayınlarımız". Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  3. ^ Embajador De Turquía Visitó Nuevas Dependencias De Colegio Ataturk loprado.cl 9 January 2009 (in Spanish) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c (in Spanish) Asuntos Culturales Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Önsoy, Murat. "Latin America-Turkey Relations: Reaching Out to Distant Shores of the Western Hemisphere" (Chapter 12). In: Ercan, Pınar Gözen (editor) (Hacettepe University). Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and Global Reach. Springer Science+Business Media, 7 April 2017. ISBN 3319504517, 9783319504513. Start: p. 237. CITED: p. 245.
  6. ^ "Basyn - Yayýn ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüðü". Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
  8. ^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Embassy Of The Republic Of Turkey In Santiago". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Contact Information". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. ^ CNN Türk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008 Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine