Chile–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Chile and Turkey.
History
Chile was the first country in Latin America which recognized Turkey with the Friendship Treaty, on January 30, 1926. In Santiago, there can be found the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Plaza, Atatürk CollegeEmbajador De Turquía Visitó Nuevas Dependencias De Colegio Ataturk loprado.cl 9 January 2009 and Atatürk Monument.
In 1930, the Turkish Embassy in Chile opened as the Turks rewarded the Chileans for formally recognizing their country in 1926. The Chilean embassy in Turkey opened in 1941.Önsoy, Murat. "Latin America-Turkey Relations: Reaching Out to Distant Shores of the Western Hemisphere" (Chapter 12). In: Ercan, Pınar Gözen (editor) (Hacettepe University). Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and Global Reach. Springer Science+Business Media, 7 April 2017. , 9783319504513. Start: p. 237. CITED: p. 245.
In addition, Turkey includes a Chile Square in Ankara inaugurated on September 18, 1970, that contains the Bernardo O'Higgins Monument. The Pablo Neruda square in Turkey was inaugurated in 2007. Asuntos Culturales
Presidential visits Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit President Süleyman Demirel President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle La Moneda Palace, Santiago April 6, 1995 President Ricardo Lagos President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara October 12, 2004 President Sebastián Piñera President Abdullah Gül Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara November 20, 2012 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President Sebastián Piñera La Moneda Palace, Santiago January 31, 2016
Diplomatic missions Turkey has an embassy in Santiago. The embassy also hosts offices of representatives and attachés from Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Trade and Turkish Armed Forces. The relations between Turkey and Chile goes back to the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Santiago on 2 August 1930.
Chile has an embassy in Ankara.
Diaspora According to a TV program titled 5N1K (CNN Türk), about 1,000 Turkish citizens live in Chile.CNN Türk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008
See also Foreign relations of Chile Foreign relations of Turkey
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