Relationship dossier
Turkey
El Salvador
Relationship assessment
Turkey and El Salvador have developed practical cooperation, including agreements on trade, education and defense industry.
Turkey toward El Salvador
+25Turkey hosted Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in 2022 and signed bilateral agreements with El Salvador covering areas including trade, education and defense industry.
El Salvador toward Turkey
+25El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele visited Turkey in 2022, where the two governments signed agreements covering areas including trade, education and defense industry.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes concrete government cooperation through agreements signed during the 2022 presidential visit, spanning several policy areas. The available scope of these arrangements supports a moderate assessment, while their implementation and durability 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
Overview
Turkey and El Salvador have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements signed during Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s 2022 visit to Turkey. The cooperation covered areas such as trade, education and defense industry, though its scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
During Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s visit to Turkey, the governments signed agreements covering areas including trade, education and defense industry.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the agreements signed during the 2022 visit are unclear.
- The extent of additional bilateral government cooperation is uncertain.