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Relationship dossier

Turkey Croatia

Relationship assessment

Turkey and Croatia maintain a strategic partnership with political and economic cooperation.

Turkey toward Croatia

+30

Turkey supported Croatia’s accession to NATO and joined Croatia in formalizing a strategic partnership through a 2010 joint declaration.

Croatia toward Turkey

+30

Croatia has maintained the strategic partnership with Turkey, formalized through the two governments’ 2010 joint declaration. The scope of additional Croatian government initiatives toward Turkey is unclear.

Overall relationship

+30

The 2010 strategic partnership and Turkey’s support for Croatia’s NATO accession provide a cooperative bilateral foundation. The relationship is institutionally friendly, though the breadth and implementation of specific joint initiatives remain unclear.

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 Croatia maintain a strategic partnership, formalized in a 2010 joint declaration, and cooperate politically and economically. Turkey supported Croatia’s accession to NATO. The relationship has a cooperative institutional basis, although the scope and continuity of specific bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.

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