Gabon |
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GabonâTurkey relations are the foreign relations between Gabon and Turkey. Turkey has an embassy in Libreville since 2012. Gabon opened an embassy in Ankara in 2015. [1]
Historically, Turkey has had strong relations with Ghana. [2] Turkey was very supportive of the Gabonese economic expansion [2] after Bongo's accession to the presidency and cooperated with technical expertise during the construction of the Transgabonais Railway to the upper Ogooué River valley. [3]
Relations became tense when after the French investigative reporter Pierre PĂ©an unmasked [4] that the Bongo government used Turkish aid to build a lavish new presidential palace for $900 million (worth US$4.12 billion in 2020) that enriched the French expatriates in Gabon. [3]
Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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President Abdullah GĂŒl | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Presidential Palace, Libreville | 2011 [1] |
President Ali Bongo Ondimba | President Abdullah GĂŒl | Ăankaya KöĆkĂŒ, Ankara | January 2012 [1] |
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Presidential Palace, Libreville | January 2013 [1] |
President Ali Bongo Ondimba | President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan | Ăankaya KöĆkĂŒ, Ankara | May 2015 [1] |
Turkish Maarif Foundation runs schools in Gabon and Turkey has been providing scholarships to students from Gabon since 1992. [1]
Gabon |
Turkey |
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GabonâTurkey relations are the foreign relations between Gabon and Turkey. Turkey has an embassy in Libreville since 2012. Gabon opened an embassy in Ankara in 2015. [1]
Historically, Turkey has had strong relations with Ghana. [2] Turkey was very supportive of the Gabonese economic expansion [2] after Bongo's accession to the presidency and cooperated with technical expertise during the construction of the Transgabonais Railway to the upper Ogooué River valley. [3]
Relations became tense when after the French investigative reporter Pierre PĂ©an unmasked [4] that the Bongo government used Turkish aid to build a lavish new presidential palace for $900 million (worth US$4.12 billion in 2020) that enriched the French expatriates in Gabon. [3]
Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
---|---|---|---|
President Abdullah GĂŒl | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Presidential Palace, Libreville | 2011 [1] |
President Ali Bongo Ondimba | President Abdullah GĂŒl | Ăankaya KöĆkĂŒ, Ankara | January 2012 [1] |
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Presidential Palace, Libreville | January 2013 [1] |
President Ali Bongo Ondimba | President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan | Ăankaya KöĆkĂŒ, Ankara | May 2015 [1] |
Turkish Maarif Foundation runs schools in Gabon and Turkey has been providing scholarships to students from Gabon since 1992. [1]