Relationship dossier
Turkey
Malta
Relationship assessment
Practical bilateral cooperation, alongside Malta’s role in EU–Turkey relations
Turkey toward Malta
+20Turkey has engaged Malta through a joint economic and trade mechanism and bilateral government agreements covering practical cooperation, including health and education.
Malta toward Turkey
+20Malta has engaged Turkey through bilateral government agreements covering practical cooperation, including health and education. As an EU member, Malta also participates in the wider EU relationship with Turkey.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship combines practical bilateral cooperation with the broader framework of Turkey's relations with the European Union, of which Malta is a member. The bilateral cooperation supports a positive assessment, while the scale and implementation of the arrangements are not clear enough to indicate a close partnership.
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 Malta have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including through a joint economic and trade mechanism and government-level agreements in areas such as health and education. Malta's EU membership also places Turkey in a broader accession relationship with the EU, but the scope of Malta's distinct bilateral role is less clear.
Key developments
Turkey and Malta used a joint economic and trade mechanism to advance bilateral economic cooperation.
The two governments concluded bilateral cooperation agreements in areas including health and education.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and continuing scope of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of Malta's distinct bilateral role in Turkey's EU accession process is unclear.