Relationship dossier

Turkey Cameroon

Relationship assessment

Turkey and Cameroon maintain a cooperative relationship, including military and development cooperation.

Turkey toward Cameroon

+35

Turkey has pursued bilateral cooperation with Cameroon through agreements covering military cooperation and other fields, and through Turkish development projects in the country.

Cameroon toward Turkey

+30

Cameroon signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Turkey during President Paul Biya’s 2013 visit, including an agreement on military cooperation.

Overall relationship

+30

The bilateral relationship includes concrete cooperation through signed agreements and development activity, but the available details do not establish how broad or consistently implemented that cooperation has been.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Turkey and Cameroon have pursued practical cooperation, including agreements on military cooperation and other areas signed during Cameroonian President Paul Biya’s 2013 visit to Turkey. Turkish development cooperation has also included projects in Cameroon. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and implementation of these arrangements are not fully clear.

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