Chile–Turkey relations

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chilean president Sebastián Piñera

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

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

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]

References

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^ 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.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
^ "T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Embassy Of The Republic Of Turkey In Santiago". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^ "Contact Information". santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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^ CNN Türk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008 Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine