Relationship dossier
Turkey
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Trade and strategic cooperation underpin Turkey–Tunisia ties, alongside differences over regional affairs.
Turkey toward Tunisia
+30Turkey has pursued economic and political cooperation with Tunisia through the bilateral free-trade agreement and the high-level strategic cooperation framework, alongside senior-level engagement.
Tunisia toward Turkey
+30Tunisia has participated in the bilateral free-trade agreement and the high-level strategic cooperation framework with Turkey, providing an institutional basis for economic and political cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines durable trade and political cooperation frameworks with continuing high-level engagement. Regional-policy differences, including over Libya, are a potential source of friction, while the scope and practical results of cooperation are not fully 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 Tunisia have built substantive economic and political ties, including a bilateral free-trade agreement and a high-level strategic cooperation framework. Senior-level engagement has continued, though the depth and implementation of cooperation across sectors are unclear. Differences over regional affairs, including Libya, have also shaped the relationship.
Areas of tension
- Differences in approach to regional affairs, including Libya.
Key developments
The Turkey–Tunisia free-trade agreement entered into force.
Turkey and Tunisia established a high-level strategic cooperation framework.
Major uncertainties
- The extent and implementation of cooperation under the strategic framework are unclear.
- The scale and current status of trade-related disagreements are uncertain.
- The degree to which differences over regional policy have affected bilateral cooperation is unclear.