Timor-Leste–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Timor-Leste and Turkey. The Turkish ambassador in Jakarta, Indonesia is also accredited to Timor-Leste since 2003.
Turkey and Timor-Leste cooperate through the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, where Turkey became an Associate Observer.
Diplomatic relations Turkey has assisted Timor-Leste under the Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente government in developing agriculture.Fernandes, Francisco M. Radiografia de Timor Lorosae [A radiography of Timor Lorosae]. Macau: University of Saint Joseph. 2011. Even though improving agricultural productivity is a stated priority for the government, only 2% of the government budget has been allocated to agriculture.Kingsbury, Damien. East Timor. The price of liberty. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019.
In response to the lack of support for agricultural development, Turkey has initially cooperated with Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili, by providing food to south-eastern districts during a drought in January 2005.Fox, James. The articulation in tradition in East Timor. In Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste: Reconciling the local and the national, ed. David Mearns, pp. 241–257. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. 2018. Following this assistance, Turkey, cooperating with the United Nations, started initiatives including rehabilitation and reconstruction of irrigation systems, introduction of water harvesting techniques, wider distributionFox, James. The articulation in tradition in Timor-Leste. In Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste: Reconciling the local and the national, ed. David Mearns, pp. 241–257. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. 2018. of improved seeds of cereal crops, fruits and vegetables, livestock health, aquaculture projects, and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources.Gonçalves, S. Intergenerational perceptions of human rights in Timor-Leste: Memory, kultura and modernity. PhD thesis, University of Wollongong. 2015.
Economic relations Trade volume between the two countries was negligible in 2019.
See also
Foreign relations of Timor-Leste Foreign relations of Turkey
References
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