Relationship dossier
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Relationship assessment
A close partnership built on strategic cooperation and shared efforts in trade, energy and regional connectivity.
Turkey toward Turkmenistan
+45Turkey has supported Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality and maintains a strategic cooperation framework with its government. Turkish policy has also pursued bilateral cooperation in trade, energy and transport through high-level engagement and intergovernmental agreements.
Turkmenistan toward Turkey
+45Turkmenistan has participated in a strategic cooperation framework and sustained high-level engagement with Turkey. Its government has pursued bilateral cooperation in trade, energy and transport, while maintaining a close relationship with Turkey as a regional partner.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is underpinned by a strategic cooperation framework, sustained political engagement and shared efforts to expand trade, energy links and regional connectivity. Turkey's support for Turkmenistan's neutrality is an important feature. Ambitious energy and transit plans have faced implementation limits, tempering the depth of the partnership.
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 Turkmenistan maintain a close partnership supported by a strategic cooperation framework and recurring high-level engagement. Turkey has supported Turkmenistan's policy of permanent neutrality, while the two governments have pursued cooperation in trade, energy, transport and security. Their partnership is substantial, though major energy-export and transit ambitions have not consistently translated into fully realized projects.
Key developments
The two governments established a strategic cooperation framework to deepen political and economic ties.
Turkey supported Turkmenistan's policy of permanent neutrality, which the United Nations recognized in 1995.
The governments pursued agreements and high-level cooperation in areas including trade, energy and transport.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which bilateral energy and transit plans have been implemented is unclear.
- The scope and practical effects of cooperation under the strategic framework are not fully clear.