Relationship dossier
Turkey
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Turkey and South Africa maintain a cooperative strategic partnership with economic and high-level government engagement.
Turkey toward South Africa
+35Turkey engages South Africa through a strategic partnership framework, a bilateral joint economic commission, and high-level government contacts, including engagement around the 2018 BRICS summit.
South Africa toward Turkey
+35South Africa engages Turkey through the strategic partnership framework and bilateral economic mechanisms, and has held high-level government contacts, including engagement around the 2018 BRICS summit.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is structured by a strategic partnership and bilateral economic mechanisms, with high-level government engagement providing an additional channel for cooperation. Available details do not establish the scale or implementation of the full cooperation agenda.
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 South Africa maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a strategic partnership framework and bilateral economic cooperation. Government engagement includes a joint economic commission and high-level contacts, including meetings around the 2018 BRICS summit. The relationship appears constructive, though the scope and implementation of specific agreements are not clear.
Key developments
Turkey and South Africa established a strategic partnership framework.
The countries held high-level engagement around the BRICS summit in South Africa.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation under the strategic partnership and joint economic commission are unclear.
- The extent of current government-led cooperation beyond economic and high-level engagement is unclear.