Relationship dossier
Turkey
Sierra Leone
Relationship assessment
Modest cooperation, including bilateral agreements and Turkish assistance to Sierra Leone
Turkey toward Sierra Leone
+20Turkey has provided development and humanitarian assistance to Sierra Leone, including support during the Ebola crisis. The extent and continuity of this assistance are unclear.
Sierra Leone toward Turkey
+20Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio visited Turkey in 2018, and the governments concluded agreements intended to expand bilateral cooperation. Details of their implementation are unclear.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship features bilateral agreements and Turkish assistance to Sierra Leone, indicating a cooperative but apparently limited partnership. The scale and implementation of these initiatives are not clear.
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 Sierra Leone have pursued modest bilateral cooperation, including a 2018 visit to Turkey by Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio and agreements intended to deepen cooperation. Turkish development and humanitarian assistance has also included support for Sierra Leone. The scale and implementation of these initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio visited Turkey, and the governments concluded agreements intended to expand bilateral cooperation.
Turkey provided support to Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Turkish development assistance to Sierra Leone are uncertain.