Relationship dossier
Turkey
Kenya
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation across defense, education, health, agriculture and trade
Turkey toward Kenya
+30The Turkish government pursued bilateral cooperation with Kenya through agreements signed during Erdoğan’s 2016 visit, including in defense, education, health, agriculture and trade.
Kenya toward Turkey
+30The Kenyan government signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Turkey during Erdoğan’s 2016 visit, covering areas including defense, education, health, agriculture and trade.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes government-led cooperation across several practical sectors, reflected in the agreements signed during the 2016 presidential visit. The breadth of those initiatives supports a cooperative assessment, while uncertainty about their implementation and durability limits the assessment of the relationship’s depth.
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 Kenya have pursued practical cooperation across several fields. During President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 2016 visit to Kenya, the governments signed agreements covering areas including defense, education, health, agriculture and trade. These initiatives indicate substantive engagement, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
During Erdoğan’s visit to Kenya, the governments signed cooperation agreements covering areas including defense, education, health, agriculture and trade.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and ongoing scope of agreements signed during Erdoğan’s 2016 visit are unclear.
- The extent of current cooperation in defense and security is uncertain.