Relationship dossier
Turkey
Guinea
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation in development, education and bilateral agreements
Turkey toward Guinea
+40Turkey has pursued development and education initiatives in Guinea and signed bilateral agreements with Guinea covering areas including health, education and defense.
Guinea toward Turkey
+35Guinea cooperated with Turkey over the transfer to the Turkish Maarif Foundation of schools associated with the Gülen movement.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship features practical cooperation through Turkish development and education initiatives, bilateral agreements and Guinea's cooperation with the Turkish Maarif Foundation. The breadth and durability of these activities are unclear, and no major bilateral confrontation is identified.
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 Guinea have pursued practical cooperation, including Turkish development and education initiatives in Guinea and bilateral agreements covering areas such as health, education and defense. Guinea also cooperated with Turkey over the transfer of schools associated with the Gülen movement to the Turkish Maarif Foundation. The scope and implementation of these initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Turkey and Guinea signed bilateral agreements covering areas including health, education and defense.
Guinea cooperated with Turkey over the transfer of schools associated with the Gülen movement to the Turkish Maarif Foundation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements and Turkish development projects in Guinea are unclear.
- The extent of continuing Guinean cooperation with the Turkish Maarif Foundation is uncertain.