Argentina–Turkey relations

Argentina–Turkey relations (Spanish: Relaciones Argentina-Turquía; Turkish: Arjantin-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Argentina and Turkey. Argentina has an embassy in Ankara and Turkey has an embassy in Buenos Aires.

Turkish-Argentine relations

Argentina
Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, 2018.

Country comparison
 Argentina  Turkey
Flag
Coat of Arms / State Emblem
Population 44,938,712 83,154,997
Area 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population density 14.4/km2 (37.3/sq mi) 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi)
Capital Buenos Aires Ankara
Government Federal presidential constitutional republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader President Alberto Fernández
Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Official languages Spanish (de facto) Turkish
Main religions 79.6% Christianity, 18.9% No religion 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity
Ethnic groups 96.7% Europeans, 2.4% Amerindians, 0.5% Asians, 0.4% Africans 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.830 (very high)[1] — 48th 0.806 (very high)[2] — 59th
GDP (PPP) $903.542 billion ($20,055 per capita) $2.464 trillion[3] ($29,326 per capita)

History and diplomatic incidents
President Cristina Kirchner and President Abdullah Gül in Ankara, 2011.

The relations between Turkey and Argentina goes back to the signing of the protocol of consular affairs between the Ottoman Empire and Argentina in 1910.

Following the promulgation of the Republic of Turkey, Friendship Agreement was signed in Rome in 1926.

In 1992, President of Argentina H.E. Carlos Menem visited Turkey and President of Turkey H.E. Süleyman Demirel, visited Argentina in 1995. In 1998, H.E. İsmail Cem was the first Foreign Minister of Turkey who visited Argentina.

Turkey and Argentina have signed an Economic and Commercial Cooperation Agreement. The trade volume between the two countries was approximately US$455 million, with Turkey exporting US$161 million and importing US$294 million from Argentina by the end of 2019.[4]

Flights from Istanbul to Buenos Aires via São Paulo commenced in December 2013 and are taking place on a daily basis.

In recent years, millions of dollars worth of Turkish TV series have been exported to Argentina.

Nuclear cooperation

On 3 May 1988, Argentina and Turkey signed a 15-year nuclear cooperation agreement, following Turkey's drive for nuclear fuel cycle independence. Argentina agreed to study the feasibility of building a 300 MWe PWR designed by Empresa Nuclear Argentina de Centrales.[5] Other fuel cycle activities were also explored.[6]

In October 1990, Turkish companies Sezai Turkes-Fevzi Akkaya and TEK formed a joint engineering agreement with Argentine agencies Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica and Investigaciones Applicadas to develop two CAREM-25 nuclear reactors, one in each country, with construction to begin in 1991 in Argentina and in 1992 in Turkey.[5] Former Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal and Argentine President Carlos Menem personally negotiated the deal. However, the arrangement was cancelled a year later due to international pressure because of proliferation concerns.[5][6]

Visits
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
President Carlos Menem President Turgut Özal Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara May 8-11, 1992
President Süleyman Demirel President Carlos Menem Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires April, 1995
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner President Abdullah Gül Ankara and Istanbul January 20–21, 2011
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President Mauricio Macri 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Buenos Aires November, 2018

See also

References
  1. "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
  3. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. "Relations between Turkey and Argentina". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs. April 1, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  5. "The CANDU Syndrome: Canada's Bid to Export Nuclear Reactors to Turkey". Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout. September 1997. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  6. Kibaroglu, Mustafa. "TURKEY'S QUEST FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR POWER" (PDF). James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies: The Non-Proliferation Review (Spring-Summer 1997). pp. 37–38. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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