Relationship dossier
Turkey
Chile
Relationship assessment
Turkey and Chile sustain a cooperative relationship, anchored by a bilateral free trade agreement.
Turkey toward Chile
+35Turkey negotiated and implemented a free trade agreement with Chile, which entered into force in 2011 and established a substantial framework for bilateral economic cooperation.
Chile toward Turkey
+35Chile negotiated and implemented a free trade agreement with Turkey, which entered into force in 2011 and established a substantial framework for bilateral economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is supported by a durable trade framework: the free trade agreement in force since 2011 was Turkey’s first with a Latin American country. This provides a concrete basis for cooperation, while the broader scope and intensity of bilateral engagement remain less clear.
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 Chile maintain a long-standing bilateral relationship with concrete economic cooperation, notably a free trade agreement that entered into force in 2011. The agreement marked Turkey’s first free trade agreement with a Latin American country. These arrangements support a cooperative assessment, although the breadth of cooperation beyond trade is less clear.
Key developments
The Turkey–Chile free trade agreement entered into force, establishing a bilateral framework for trade cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the free trade agreement are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level political engagement is unclear.