Relationship dossier
Turkey
Belarus
Relationship assessment
Pragmatic cooperation in trade and political dialogue, bounded by wider regional tensions.
Turkey toward Belarus
+35Turkey has maintained political dialogue and economic cooperation with Belarus, including trade and tourism ties, and has supported Belarusian participation in regional cooperation formats.
Belarus toward Turkey
+35Belarus has engaged Turkey in political dialogue and economic cooperation, including trade and tourism. The extent of Belarusian government cooperation beyond these areas is unclear.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is characterized by pragmatic political and economic cooperation rather than a close alliance. Trade, tourism and regional engagement provide durable points of contact, while Belarus’s close alignment with Russia and the regional consequences of the war in Ukraine limit the scope of cooperation.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Turkey and Belarus maintain pragmatic government relations, including political dialogue and cooperation in trade and tourism. Turkey has also supported Belarus’s participation in regional cooperation formats. The relationship has not amounted to a close strategic alliance, and Belarus’s alignment with Russia and the consequences of the war in Ukraine constrain its broader scope.
Key developments
Turkey supported Belarus’s participation in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The extent of Turkish-Belarusian cooperation in regional formats is uncertain.