Cuba–Turkey relations

Cuba–Turkey relations (Spanish: Relaciones Cuba-Turquía; Turkish: Küba-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Cuba and Turkey.

Cuban–Turkish relations

Cuba
Turkey

Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Cuba were established in 1952. Turkey opened its first Embassy in the Caribbean in Havana in 1979.[1]

H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey paid a visit to Cuba on 10-11 February 2015. This was the first presidential visit from Turkey to Cuba and was a milestone for the bilateral relations between the two countries.[1]

Country comparison
 Cuba  Turkey
Flag
State Emblem / National Emblem
Population 11,324,732 83,154,997
Area 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population density 101.9/km2 (263.9/sq mi) 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi)
Capital Havana Ankara
Government Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader First Secretary Raúl Castro
President Miguel Díaz-Canel		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Official languages Spanish Turkish
Main religions 65% Christianity, 24% No religion 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity
Ethnic groups 64.1% White, 26.6% Mulatto, 9.3% Black 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.778 (high)[2] — 72nd 0.806 (very high)[3] — 59th
GDP (PPP) $254.865 billion ($22,237 per capita) $2.464 trillion[4] ($29,326 per capita)

Official Visits
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President Raúl Castro Palacio de la Revolución, Havana February 10–11, 2015[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara June 15–16, 2017[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu President Miguel Díaz-Canel Palacio de la Revolución, Havana May 17–18, 2019[1]

Economic Relations

Trade volume between the two countries was 54.7 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 42.9/11.8 million USD).[1]

See also

References
  1. "Relations between Turkey and Cuba". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
  2. "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
  4. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
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