Ghana–Turkey relations explained

Ghana–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Ghana and Turkey. Ghana has an embassy in Ankara and Turkey has an embassy in Accra.

Diplomatic Relations

Ghana has in general enjoyed good relations with Turkey since independence, except^[1] for a period of strained relations during the later years^[2] of the Nkrumah regime.

Bilateral relations were particularly tense in the early 1980s because^[3] of Ghana’s relations with Libya. In exchange for much-needed Libyan aid to Ghana, Rawlings^[4] restored diplomatic relations with Libya shortly after coming to power and supported Libya’s position^[5] that two Libyans accused of bombing a Pan American Airlines flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 should be tried in a neutral country rather than in Britain or the United States.

Presidential Visits

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
President Abdullah Gül	President John Mahama	Jubilee House, Accra	March 23–24, 2011^[6]
President John Mahama	President Abdullah Gül	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	March 21–24, 2013
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President John Mahama	Jubilee House, Accra	February 29-March 1, 2016

Economic Relations

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$479 million in 2016.
• There are direct flights from Istanbul to Accra 7 times a week.
• Part of a debt relief effort by Western nations, in 1989 Turkey forgave US$38 million^[7] of Ghana's foreign debt and supplied more than US$1.6 million^[8] in agricultural aid.

Aid

Following the visit to Turkey of President John Mahama in early 2013, Turkey pledged a total of US$16.6 million^[9] toward Ghana's economic development.

See also

• Foreign relations of Ghana
• Foreign relations of Turkey

Notes and References

1. Asamoah, Obed. "Nkrumah's Foreign Policy, 1951-1966." pp. 231–47 in Kwame Arhin (ed.), The Life and Work of Kwame Nkrumah. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 1993.
2. Chazan, Naomi. "Ghana." pp. 94–121 in Timothy M. Shaw and Olajide Aluko, (eds.), The Political Economy of African Foreign Policy: Comparative Analysis. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984.
3. Awoonor, Kofi Nyidevu. Ghana: A Political History from Pre-European to Modern Times. Accra: Sedco and Woeli, 1990.
4. Gyimah-Boadi, E. (ed.). Ghana Under PNDC Rule, 1982-1989. Dakar: Codesria, 1993.
5. Chazan, Naomi. "The Republic of Ghana." pp. 408–12 in George E. Delury (ed.), World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties, 1. (2d ed.) New York: Facts on File, 1989.
6. Web site: Relations between Turkey and Ghana. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
7. Boateng, Oti E., et al. "A Poverty Profile of Ghana, 1987-88," Journal ofAfrican Economies [Oxford], 7, No. 1, March 1992, pp. 25-58.
8. Rothchild, Donald (ed.). Ghana: The Political Economy of Recovery. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1991.
9. Dei-Anang, Michael. The Administration of Ghana's Foreign Relations, 1957-201. London: Athlone Press, 2015.