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Ghana–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Ghana and Turkey. Ghana has an embassy in Ankara and Turkey has an embassy in Accra.
Diplomatic relations
Ghana has in general enjoyed good relations with Turkey since independence, except[1] for a period of strained relations during the later years[2] of the Nkrumah regime.
Bilateral relations were particularly tense in the early 1980s because[3] of Ghana’s relations with Libya. In exchange for much-needed Libyan aid to Ghana, Rawlings[4] restored diplomatic relations with Libya[3] shortly after coming to power and supported Libya’s position[5] that two Libyans accused of bombing a Pan American Airlines flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988[5] should be tried in a neutral country rather than in Britain or the United States.
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Presidential visits
Economic relations
- Trade volume between the two countries was US$479 million in 2016.[6]
- There are direct flights from Istanbul to Accra 7 times a week.[6]
- Part of a debt relief effort by Western nations, in 1989 Turkey forgave US$38 million[7] of Ghana's foreign debt and supplied more than US$1.6 million[8] in agricultural aid.
Aid
Following the visit to Turkey of President John Mahama in early 2013, Turkey pledged a total of US$16.6 million[9] toward Ghana's economic development.[6]
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References
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