Senegal-Turkey relations

Senegal	Turkey

Senegal–Turkey relations are thebilateral relations betweenSenegal andTurkey. Turkey has an embassy inDakar since 1962. Senegal has an embassy inAnkara which was opened in August 2006.^[1] Both countries are members of theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Turkey and Senegal historically have had very friendly relations.^[2]

Turkey assisted Senegal while it was going through theSahel drought of 1966–1973 that coincided withFrance’s abandonment of colonial support.^[3] Mindful that the population growth far outstripped^[4] economic growth in Senegal, Turkey has constructed and subsequently managed schools in Senegal through theMaarif Foundation.^[3]

Turkey was particularly supportive ofAbdou Diouf, who was considered a brilliant and technocratic^[2] prime minister. Turkey supportedAbdou Diouf’s liberalization^[3] of the political process whereby he allowed a further 13 political parties to run for the1983 election.^[5]

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan	PresidentMacky Sall	Dakar	February 28, 2018[1]
PresidentMacky Sall	PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan	Presidential Complex,Ankara	May 3, 2019[1]
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan	PresidentMacky Sall	Dakar	January 20, 2020[1]

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$292 million in 2018.^[1]
• There are daily direct flights fromIstanbul to Dakar.^[1]
• TIKA’sWestern Africa headquarters is located in Dakar since April 2007.^[1]

• Turkish Maarif Foundation runs schools in Senegal and the Turkish government has been granting scholarships toSenegalese students since 1992.^[1]

• Foreign relations of Senegal
• Foreign relations of Turkey

• Senegal–Turkey relations
• Bilateral relations of Senegal
• Bilateral relations of Turkey

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