Togo–Turkey relations

Togo–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Togo and Turkey. Turkey embassy opened in Lomé.^[1]

Togo-Turkey relations

Togo	Turkey

Diplomatic relations

Turkey and Togo enjoy good bilateral relations.^[1] However, relations cooled in early 1980s when Gnassingbé Eyadéma became increasingly more heavy-handed and authoritarian, judged as having Africa's worst human rights record.^[2] Turkey was critical of Gnassingbé Eyadéma's re-election in August 1993 in a contest boycotted by other candidates.^[2] Relations improved in 1994, when Gnassingbé Eyadéma appointed^[3] Edem Kodjo, an Ewe leader of Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais from Kpalimé who came third in the election with 7 seats, as prime minister.^[4]

Presidential visits

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President Faure Gnassingbé	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	August 28, 2014[1]

Economic relations

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$109 million in 2019.^[1]

Educational relations

Turkey has been providing scholarships to Togolese students since 1992.^[1]

See also

• Turkey portal
• Politics portal

• Foreign relations of Togo
• Foreign relations of Turkey