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Tanzania–Turkey relations

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Tanzania-Turkey relations
Map indicating locations of Tanzania and Turkey

Tanzania

Turkey

Tanzania–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Tanzania and Turkey. The Turkish embassy in Dar es Salaam first opened in 1979,[1] although the Ottoman Empire had previously opened a consulate in Zanzibar, now a part of Tanzania, on March 17, 1837.[1]

Diplomatic relations

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Turkey had friendly relations[2] with Tanzania under the founding president Julius Nyerere, who cooperated with Turkey in opposing colonialism[2] and apartheid[2] in Africa. The relations became cooler[3] when Julius Nyerere allowed Che Guevera[3] to use Tanzania during his failed intervention in the Congolese civil war.[3]

After Julius Nyerere’s retirement, relations with Tanzania improved[3] because of Tanzania's progress in democratization[3] and social progress.

Bilateral Visits

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2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake

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Tanzania donated $1 million (Sh2.3 billion) for humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria as a return to Turkey for being an initiator in the Tanzania standard gauge railway project.[6]

Economic relations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Relations between Turkey and Tanzania". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
  2. ^ a b c Nyerere, Julius. Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
  3. ^ a b c d e Wilson, Amrit. U.S. Foreign Policy and Revolution: The Creation of Tanzania. London: Pluto Press, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Relations between Türkiye and Tanzania / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mfa.gov.tr. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  5. ^ "Tanzanian President To Arrive Turkey on Five-Day State Visit". 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  6. ^ Wetu, Mwandishi (24 March 2023). "Tanzania yatoa msaada Sh2.3 bilioni tetemeko la ardhi Uturuki" (in Swahili). Mwananchi. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

Further reading

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  • Barkan, Joel D. Beyond Capitalism vs. Socialism in Kenya and Tanzania. Boul- der, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
  • De Waal, Alexander, ed. Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
  • Farer, Tom J. War Clouds on the Horn of Africa: A Crisis for Détente. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1979.
  • Habte Selassie, Bereket. Conflict and Intervention in the Horn of Africa. New York: Monthly Review, 1980.
  • Henze, Paul. “Ethiopia and Eritrea: The Defeat of the Derg and the Establishment of New Governments.” In David R. Smock, ed. Making War and Waging Peace: Foreign Intervention in Africa. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1993.
  • Kaplan, Robert D. Surrender or Starve: The Wars behind the Famine. Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1988.
  • Lefebvre, Jeffrey A. Arms for the Horn: U.S. Security Policy in Ethiopia and Somalia, 1953–1991. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991.
  • Nyerere, Julius. Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
  • Ottaway, Marina. Soviet and American Influence in the Horn of Africa. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1982.
  • Patman, Robert G. The Soviet Union in the Horn of Africa: The Diplomacy of Intervention and Disengagements. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  • U.S. Foreign Policy and the Horn of Africa. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006.
  • War Clouds on the Horn of Africa: The Widening Storm. New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1979.
  • Wilson, Amrit. U.S. Foreign Policy and Revolution: The Creation of Tanzania. London: Pluto Press, 2009.
  • Woodward, Peter. The Horn of Africa: Politics and International Relations. London: I.B. Tauris, 2002.