Gabon–Turkey relations
Gabon–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Gabon and Turkey. Turkey has an embassy in Libreville since 2012. Gabon opened an embassy in Ankara in 2015.[1]
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Diplomatic relations
Historically, Turkey has had strong relations with Ghana.[2] Turkey was very supportive of the Gabonese economic expansion[2] after Bongo's accession to the presidency and cooperated with technical expertise during the construction of the Transgabonais Railway to the upper Ogooué River valley.[3]
Relations became tense when after the French investigative reporter Pierre Péan unmasked[4] that the Bongo government used Turkish aid to build a lavish new presidential palace for $900 million (worth US$4.12 billion in 2020) that enriched the French expatriates in Gabon.[3]
Presidential visits
Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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Presidential Palace, Libreville | 2011[1] | ||
Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | January 2012[1] | ||
Presidential Palace, Libreville | January 2013[1] | ||
Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | May 2015[1] | ||
Trade relations
- Trade volume between the two countries was US$38.9 million in 2018.[1]
Educational relations
Turkish Maarif Foundation runs schools in Gabon and Turkey has been providing scholarships to students from Gabon since 1992.[1]
References
- "Relations between Turkey and Gabon". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
- Carson, Patricia. Materials for West African History in French Archives. London: Athlone Press, 1968.
- Baker, Charles. "Reflexions sur les sources de l'histoire gabonaise." Paideuma 33 (2017): pp. 133-141.
- Aaborg, Sam. Le monde des affaires gabonaise. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 2009.
Further reading
- Aaborg, Sam. Le monde des affaires gabonaise. Paris: Editions de Minuit, 2009.
- Baker, Charles. "Reflexions sur les sources de l'histoire gabonaise." Paideuma 33 (2017): pp. 133–141.
- Brasseur, Paule. Les sources bibliographiques de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et de l'Afrique équatoriale d 'expression française. Dakar: IFAN, 1970.
- Carson, Patricia. Materials for West African History in French Archives. London: Athlone Press, 1968.
- Chambre de Commerce, d'Industrie et d'Artisanat de la Région du Cap Vert. Bibliographie séléctive d’études et articles relatifs à l'économie et au développement industrial et commercial en Afrique. Dakar: Chambre de Commerce, 1973.
- Charpy, Jacques. Répertoire des archives du Gouvernement générale de l'A.O.F. Rufisque: Imprimèrie du Gouverneur Général, 1955.
- Cuoq, Joseph. Recueil des sources arabes concernant l'Afrique occidentale du VIIIè au XVI siècle. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1975.
- Deschamps, Hubert. Méthodes et doctrines coloniales de la France. Paris: Colin, 1953.
- Deschamps, Jacque. Le Sénégal et la Gabon. 3rd ed. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2015.
- Dia, Mamadou. L’économie africaine: études et problèmes nouveaux. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1957.
- Diagne, Pathé. Pouvoir politique traditionnel en Afrique occidentale: Essai sur les institutions politiques précoloniale. Paris: Présence Africaine, 1967.
- Diallo, Thierno, et al. Catalogue des manuscripts de 'I.F.A.N., Fonds Vieillard, Gaden, Brevié, Figaret, Shaykh Moussa Kamara et Cremar en langues arabe, peule et voltaïques. Dakar: IFAN, 1966.
- Diop, Cheikh Anta. The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Trans. by Mercer Cook. New York: L. Hill, 1974.
- F.A.O. La zone sahélienne: Bibliographie sélectionnée pour l'étude des problèmes. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1973.
- Fage, John. A Guide to Original Sources for Precolonial Western Africa Published in European Languages. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.
- Hargreaves, John D. West Africa: The Former French States. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967.
- Lusignan, Guy de. French Speaking Africa since Independence. New York: Praeger, 1969.
- Manning, Patrick. Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa: 1880–1985. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- Peterec, Richard J. Dakar and West African Economic Development. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.
- Réflexions sur l'économie de l'Afrique noire, nouvelle édition revue et augmentée. Paris: Présence Africaine, 1961..
- Thomassery, Marguérite. Catalogue des périodiques d'Afrique noire francophone (1958-1962) conservés à l'I.F.A.N. Dakar: IFAN, 1965.
- Thompson, Virginia and Richard Adloff. French West Africa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1958.
- Yansané, Aguibou Y. Decolonization in West African States with French Colonial Legacy. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1984.
- Zidouemba, Dominique H. Les sources de l'histoire des frontières de l'Oeust Africain. Dakar: IFAN, 1979. p. 291