Relationship dossier
Turkey
Cameroon
Relationship assessment
Turkey and Cameroon maintain a cooperative relationship, including military and development cooperation.
Turkey toward Cameroon
+35Turkey 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
+30Cameroon signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Turkey during President Paul Biya’s 2013 visit, including an agreement on military cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30The 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
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.
Key developments
During President Paul Biya’s visit to Turkey, the two governments signed agreements covering military cooperation and other areas.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral military cooperation agreement are unclear.
- Details of the scale and continuity of Turkish development projects in Cameroon are limited.