Trinidad and Tobago–Turkey relations

Trinidad and Tobago–Turkey relations (Turkish: Trinidad ve Tobago-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Trinidad and Tobago and Turkey.

Trinidad and Tobago-Turkey relations

Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey

Relations between Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago have been friendly but stagnant due to geographical distance. Nevertheless they have gained a fresh momentum with Turkey’s outreach policy towards the Latin American and Caribbean region initiated in 1998 and revised in 2006.

Turkey has an embassy in Port of Spain since 2018.[1]

Country comparison
 Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey
Flag
State Emblem / National Emblem
Population 1,363,985 83,154,997
Area 5,131 km2 (1,981 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population density 264/km2 (683.8/sq mi) 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi)
Capital Port of Spain Ankara
Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader President Paula-Mae Weekes
Prime Minister Keith Rowley		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Official languages English Turkish
Main religions 91.5% Christianity, 7.6% No religion 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity
Ethnic groups 37.6% Indian, 36.3% Black, 24.4% Mixed 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.799 (high)[2] — 63rd 0.806 (very high)[3] — 59th
GDP (PPP) $45.149 billion ($32,684 per capita) $2.464 trillion[4] ($29,326 per capita)

Official Visits

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Turkey-CARICOM Foreign Ministerial Meeting, Istanbul July 17-21, 2014[1]

Economic Relations

Trade volume between the two countries was 120.8 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 68.4/52.4 million USD).[1]

See also

References
  1. "Relations between Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago". 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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