South Africa–Turkey relations

Bilateral relations

South African-Turkish relations

South Africa |
Turkey
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Embassy of South Africa, Ankara| Embassy of Turkey, Pretoria

South Africa–Turkey relations are the current and historical relations between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Turkey.

## Political relations

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* 1991 - Formal diplomatic relations established at consular level.[1]
* 1992 - Relations upgraded to ambassadorial level, consulates closed.
* 1994 - South Africa and Turkey normalize relations after the end of apartheid.[2]
* 1998 - Turkey opens Consulate General in Cape Town.
* 2024 - Turkey joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).[3][4][5]

## Economic relations

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* 2025 - South Africa is Turkey's leading trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][6]

## Cultural relations

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* 1861 - Ottoman Empire establishes relations with colonial South Africa.[1]
* 1863 - Ottoman Sultan sends a qadi to Cape Town to teach Muslims.[2]
* 1877 - The qadi publishes "Bayan ad-Din" in Arabic Afrikaans.
* 1948-1994 - Turkey consistently opposes apartheid government in South Africa.[7]

## See also

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* Foreign relations of South Africa
* Foreign relations of Turkey
* Turks in South Africa

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Aydin 2003, p. 1
2. ^ a b Aydin 2003, p. 3
3. ^ "Bolivia joins South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
4. ^ Staff, Al Jazeera. "Turkey submits ICJ bid to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
5. ^ AP and ToI Staff. "Turkey submits bid to join South Africa genocide case against Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
6. ^ "TURKEY AND SOUTH AFRICA: TOWARDS THE SECOND DECADE" (PDF).
7. ^ Aydin 2003, p. 1

## References

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* Aydin, Ali Kemal (March–May 2003), "Turkey and South Africa: Towards the Second Decade" (PDF), Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, 8 (1): 1–51-5&rft.date=2003-03/2003-05&rft.aulast=Aydin&rft.aufirst=Ali+Kemal&rft_id=http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/Volume8/March-May2003/AliKemayAydin.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:South+Africa–Turkey+relations" class="Z3988">
* Orakçı, Serhat (October 2007), A Historical Analysis of the Emerging Links between the Ottoman Empire and South Africa between 1861-1923 (PDF), University of Johannesburg, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-31

## External links

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* South African embassy in Ankara
* Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with South Africa

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