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]

Chile-Turkey relations

Chile

Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chilean President Sebastián Piñera

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
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
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]

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Basyn - Yayýn ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüðü". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  3. (in Spanish)http://www.loprado.cl/index.php?id=10&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=2fdbb1fae2 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. (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) (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.
  6. "Basyn - Yayýn ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüðü". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  7. "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  8. "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
  9. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  10. "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
  11. "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
  12. "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
  13. "Bilateral Relations". Ministerios dde Relaciones Exteriores.
  14. CNN Turk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008 Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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