Relationship dossier
Turkey
Romania
Relationship assessment
Turkey and Romania maintain a strategic partnership with sustained NATO, defense, and Black Sea security cooperation.
Turkey toward Romania
+40Turkey cooperates with Romania through their strategic partnership and bilateral defense and security engagement. As NATO allies, the governments also coordinate on collective defense and Black Sea security.
Romania toward Turkey
+40Romania cooperates with Turkey through their strategic partnership and bilateral defense and security engagement. As NATO allies, the governments also coordinate on collective defense and Black Sea security.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship rests on a bilateral strategic partnership and sustained cooperation within NATO, including defense and Black Sea security. These arrangements support substantial cooperation, while the scope and implementation of particular initiatives 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 Romania maintain a strategic partnership and cooperate on defense and Black Sea security. Their NATO alliance provides a durable framework for military and security coordination, alongside bilateral political engagement. The relationship is substantially cooperative, although the scope and implementation of specific bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Turkey and Romania established a strategic partnership, providing a framework for closer bilateral cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defense and security initiatives are unclear.
- The extent of recent bilateral coordination on Black Sea security is uncertain.