Relationship dossier
Turkey
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including development assistance and agreements on economic and educational ties
Turkey toward Tanzania
+35Turkey has supported development projects in Tanzania through its development agency, TİKA, and signed bilateral cooperation agreements during President Erdoğan’s 2017 visit, including arrangements concerning economic and educational cooperation.
Tanzania toward Turkey
+30Tanzania participated in the bilateral cooperation agreements signed during President Erdoğan’s 2017 visit, establishing a framework for cooperation with Turkey in areas including economic and educational affairs.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation, reflected in Turkish development assistance and bilateral agreements on economic and educational cooperation. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are not fully clear, limiting the basis for a stronger assessment.
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 Tanzania have developed practical cooperation, including development projects supported by Turkey’s TİKA and a package of bilateral agreements signed during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 2017 visit. The relationship includes economic and educational cooperation, although the breadth and implementation of these arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
During President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Tanzania, the two governments signed a package of bilateral cooperation agreements, including agreements concerning economic and educational cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral agreements signed in 2017 are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of Turkish development and educational cooperation in Tanzania are uncertain.