Foreign Aid In Türkiye-Africa Relations: Past, Present And Future

Authors : Yunus Turhan

Pages : 775-790

Doi:10.33709/ictimaiyat.1504354

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Publication Date : 2024-11-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Türkiye\\\'s relationship with African countries come to realize exigency of ameliorating relation over last two decades which has inevitable corollary of Türkiye’s belated efforts to expand into Africa. Türkiye’s efforts in Africa, slowly but surely, come to fruition, involving from an opening policy to a strategic partnership which eventually has brought a new dynamic to both Turkish orthodox foreign policy and Africa\\\'s relations with the outside world. Contrary to most analysts whom interpreted such pace as a temporary enthusiasm just blended with economic consideration, this relationship in fact represent rapprochement after 2008. This article chronologically examines Türkiye\\\'s retrospective to strategic partnership with African states in the context of \\\"foreign aid\\\", one of the elements of soft power, and analyses the historical turning points in it’s Africa outreach. Moving on to the concrete outputs of Türkiye\\\'s increasing aid to the continent, the article compares Türkiye’s foreign aid with Russia, China and the United States, while emphasizing the importance of Turkish foreign aid to Africa in the construction of a \\\"benevolence power\\\" policy, which is the most concrete practice of Türkiye\\\'s \\\"Entrepreneurial and Humanitarian Foreign Policy\\\" paradigm. In the final analysis, a forecast of Türkiye-Africa relations in the context of foreign aid is discussed.
Keywords : Turkiye-Africa, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Turkish Foreign Policy

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