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Turkey’s Evolving Engagement in Africa

Written by: Abdinor Hassan Dahir

Turkey-Africa engagements have borne fruit and have led numerous partnerships based on political, economic, and development cooperation based on mutual interests. These engagements have helped facilitate the growth of bilateral trade and business links and led to mutual economic improvements.

After many years of successful Turkish ‘Opening to Africa’ activity, Turkey-Africa engagements have borne fruit and have led numerous partnerships based on political, economic, and development cooperation based on mutual interests. These engagements have helped facilitate the growth of bilateral trade and business links and led to mutual economic improvements. These multidimensional “win-win” partnerships are expected to strengthen Turkey-Africa cooperation and establish lasting relationships between Turkey and African countries.

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Abdinor Hassan Dahir
Abdinor Hassan Dahir
Abdinor Hassan Dahir is a Deputy Researcher at TRT World Research Centre, and Project Coordinator for the TRT World Citizen initiative. Prior to joining TRT World, Abdinor was a Ship Chartering Executive at Negmar Denizcilik Yatirim A.S in Istanbul, and a permanent Secretary at Faculty of Management Sciences at SIMAD University in Somalia. He was trained and worked at the Public Relations Department at Sakarya Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Management and a Master of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration from Sakarya University in Turkey, with a thesis titled “Aid in Foreign Policy: the case of Turkey-Somalia Relations”. His main research interests include foreign policy, development studies, foreign aid, Turkish-Africa relations, and African governance and geopolitics.

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