Relationship dossier
Turkey
Ghana
Relationship assessment
Turkey and Ghana have developed bilateral cooperation through agreements in several fields.
Turkey toward Ghana
+35Turkey advanced bilateral cooperation with Ghana through agreements on areas including education, health, tourism and military cooperation during President Erdoğan’s 2016 visit.
Ghana toward Turkey
+35Ghana entered bilateral cooperation agreements with Turkey on areas including education, health, tourism and military cooperation during President Erdoğan’s 2016 visit.
Overall relationship
+35The bilateral relationship includes practical cooperation formalized in several sectoral agreements, notably during the 2016 presidential visit. The available picture indicates a constructive relationship, while the depth and subsequent implementation of those arrangements 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 Ghana have pursued practical cooperation through bilateral agreements covering areas including education, health, tourism and military cooperation. These arrangements were advanced during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 2016 visit to Ghana. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and implementation of the agreements are not clear.
Key developments
During President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Ghana, the two governments signed agreements covering areas including education, health, tourism and military cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing scope of agreements signed during the 2016 visit are unclear.
- Details of recent bilateral cooperation and government priorities are limited.