Chile–Turkey relations
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Chile–Turkey relations ({{langx|es|Las relaciones Chile-Turquía|}}; {{langx|tr|Şili-Türkiye ilişkileri}}) are foreign relations between Chile and Turkey. Chile was the first country in Latin America which recognized Turkey with the Friendship Treaty, on January 30, 1926.{{cite web|url=http://www.chileturquia.com/description.aspx?id%3D16 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162619/http://www.chileturquia.com/description.aspx?id=16 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |language=es}} In Santiago, there can be found the Turkish Republic Square, Atatürk College{{Cite web |url=http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/02/99X02X09.HTM#%204 |title=Yayınlarımız|access-date=2008-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123091600/http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/02/99X02X09.HTM#%204 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.loprado.cl/index.php?id=10&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=2fdbb1fae2 Embajador De Turquía Visitó Nuevas Dependencias De Colegio Ataturk] loprado.cl 9 January 2009 {{in lang|es}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011828/http://www.loprado.cl/index.php?id=10&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=2fdbb1fae2 |date=2011-07-07 }} 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. {{ISBN|3319504517}}, 9783319504513. Start: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=13ihDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA237 237]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=13ihDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA245 245].
In addition Turkey includes a Chile Square in Ankara inaugurated on September 18, 1970 that contains the Bernardo O'Higgins Monument.{{Cite web |url=http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X15.HTM#%2016 |title=Basyn - Yayýn ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüðü |access-date=2008-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123033233/http://www.byegm.gov.tr/YAYINLARIMIZ/CHR/ING99/10/99X10X15.HTM#%2016 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |url-status=dead }} The Pablo Neruda square in Turkey was inaugurated in 2007.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.chileturquia.com/description.aspx?id=11 Asuntos Culturales] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162531/http://www.chileturquia.com/description.aspx?id=11 |date=February 22, 2014 }}
Presidential visits
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| {{flagicon|Turkey}} President Süleyman Demirel
| {{flagicon|Chile}} President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| {{flagicon|Chile}} President Ricardo Lagos
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} President Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| {{flagicon|Chile}} President Sebastián Piñera
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} President Abdullah Gül |
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
| {{flagicon|Chile}} President Sebastián Piñera |
Embassy of Turkey in Santiago
The Embassy of Turkey in Santiago is the diplomatic mission of Turkey to Chile.{{Cite web|title=T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı - Embassy Of The Republic Of Turkey In Santiago|url=http://santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission|access-date=2021-11-10|website=santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr}} The incumbent ambassador is Gülcan Akoğuz.{{Cite web|title=Büyükelçinin Özgeçmişi|url=http://santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission|access-date=2021-11-10|website=santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Biography}} The embassy also hosts offices of representatives and attachés from Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Trade and Turkish Armed Forces.{{Cite web|title=Contact Information|url=http://santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/Contact|access-date=2021-11-10|website=santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr}} The relations between Turkey and Chile goes back to the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Santiago in 2 August 1930. The inaugural envoy was Chargé d'Affaires Talat Kayaalp.{{Cite web|title=Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz|url=http://santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/MissionChiefHistory|access-date=2021-11-10|website=santiago.be.mfa.gov.tr}}
According to a TV program titled 5N1K (CNN Türk), about 1,000 Turkish citizens live in Chile.[http://www.runyourfiles.com/chile/alt8.asp CNN Türk TV program, Turks in Chile, 15 May 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715213548/http://www.runyourfiles.com/chile/alt8.asp |date=15 July 2011 }}
See also
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