Abstract
The Continent of Africa had been of great importance to many Countries outside Africa, Since the begining of the slave trade when European slave merchants invaded Africa and estalished the trade in human beings, which forced the migration of millions of Africans to America and the West Indies. Since then, the Continent had faced a continued influx of people for different purposes even after the abolution of slavery. The main attraction to Africa, has been its human and rich mineral resources scattered across the continent, as well as its vast market for foreign goods.This paper examines the relations between the republic of Turkey and countries of the African Continent, especially in 1990’s and 2000’s when the republic of Turkey began to develop interest to have relation with African countries. There were so many reasons that motivated and ignited the interest of Turkey in Africa all of a sudden, and this paper tried to present such reasons and also show how the republic of Turkey tried to establish such relations, the manner in which Turkey went about realising this objective of having deep economic, political and social relation with countries of the African Continent. The paper also tried to look at relations between Ottoman Turkey and Africa, though as a background to the present relations.It tried also to see what challenges there are in this relations, in the future or now, and also tried as much as possible to look at some policy suggestions regarding this symbiotic relations between Turkey and African countries. The paper argues that Pan Africanism poses a challenge to relations between Turkey and Africa and offered some policy suggestions that will deepen integration between Turkey and African States.
Highlights
The continent of Africa has witnessed influx of different people from different countries in the past several centuries, and from continents outside Africa.The continious interest in the continent may have come about as a result of several reasons
The continent first saw the coming of the Europeans around the 15th Century, during the transatlantic slave trade era, during which millions of Africans were forcefully taken to Europe and America to work in the plantation in the West Indies and which resulted today in the emergence African American population in the US and other countries of Europe
Relations between Turkey and Africa started from Ottoman times, even though these relation was interrupted by certain changes, both in Turkey and in Africa as well
Summary
The continent of Africa has witnessed influx of different people from different countries in the past several centuries, and from continents outside Africa.The continious interest in the continent may have come about as a result of several reasons. On the other hand African Heads of States and Presidents of Chad, Somali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Mauritania and Djibouti visited the republic of Turkey as a result of Turkey’s first step in establishing relations with countries of the African continent. S.Z.Karaca (2000)The African import market has a volume of 134 Billion in 1998, and Turkey’s share was only 1.8 Billion or 1.4%, in order for Turkey to make sustained efforts to improve its trade transaction and economic cooperation, Turkey must have more developed relations with African countries. Turkey became a non regional member of the of the African Development Bank, and African Export/ Import Bank such membership is expected to open new areas of cooperation which could assist contracting firms from Turkey undertaking large infrastructural projects on the continent.M.Ozkan (2010) The tables below shows the volume of trade between Turkey and some selected African countries between 1997 and year 2008
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