Chile–Turkey relations
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]
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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]
Country comparison
Chile | Turkey | |
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Flag | ||
State Emblem / National Emblem | ||
Population | 17,574,003 | 83,154,997 |
Area | 756,096.3 km2 (291,930.4 sq mi) | 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi) |
Population density | 24/km2 (62.2/sq mi) | 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi) |
Capital | Santiago | Ankara |
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Current Leader | President Sebastián Piñera President of the Senate Adriana Muñoz D`Albora |
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Vice President Fuat Oktay |
Official languages | Spanish | Turkish |
Main religions | 86.2% Christian, 11.5% No religion | 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity |
Ethnic groups | 96.7% White, 10.8% Indigenous | 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others |
Human Development Index (HDI) | 0.847 (very high)[7] — 42nd | 0.806 (very high)[8] — 59th |
GDP (PPP) | $528.300 billion ($27,150 per capita) | $2.464 trillion[9] ($29,326 per capita) |
Presidential Visits
Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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President Süleyman Demirel | President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | La Moneda Palace, Santiago | April 6, 1995[10] |
President Ricardo Lagos | President Ahmet Necdet Sezer | Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | October 12, 2004[11] |
President Sebastián Piñera | President Abdullah Gül | Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | November 20, 2012[12] |
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | President Sebastián Piñera | La Moneda Palace, Santiago | January 31, 2016[13] |
Turkish population in Chile
According to a TV program titled 5N1K (CNN Turk), about 1,000 Turkish citizens live in Chile.[14]
References
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- (in Spanish) Asuntos Culturales Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Önsoy, Murat. "Latin America-Turkey Relations: Reaching Out to Distant Shores of the Western Hemisphere" (Chapter 12). In: Ercan, Pınar Gözen (editor) (Haceteppe University). Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and Global Reach. Springer Science+Business Media, April 7, 2017. ISBN 3319504517, 9783319504513. Start: p. 237. CITED: p. 245.
- "Basyn - Yayýn ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüðü". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
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- CNN Turk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008 Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine