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Chile-Turkey relations
Map indicating locations of Chile and Turkey

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

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]

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
Turkey President Süleyman Demirel Chile President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle La Moneda Palace, Santiago April 6, 1995[7]
Chile President Ricardo Lagos Turkey President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara October 12, 2004[7]
Chile President Sebastián Piñera Turkey President Abdullah Gül Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara November 20, 2012[7]
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Chile 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


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