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Chile–Turkey relations
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Chile–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Chile and Turkey.

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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chilean president Sebastián Piñera
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Embassy of Turkey in Santiago
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History

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]

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]


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Presidential visits

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Diplomatic missions

Turkey has an embassy in Santiago.[8] The embassy also hosts offices of representatives and attachés from Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Trade and Turkish Armed Forces.[9] The relations between Turkey and Chile goes back to the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Santiago in 2 August 1930.[10]

Chile has an embassy in Ankara.

Diaspora

According to a TV program titled 5N1K (CNN Türk), about 1,000 Turkish citizens live in Chile.[11]

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References

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