Suriname–Turkey relations
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Suriname–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Suriname and Turkey. The Turkish ambassador in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is also accredited to Suriname.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-suriname.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Suriname|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}} Turkey has an honorary consulate in Paramaribo, while Suriname has honorary consulates in Ankara and Istanbul.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between Suriname and Turkey have been improving consistently since the now infamous December murders.
On December 8, 1982 Dési Bouterse ordered a group of 13 dissidents, including a newspaper editor, two human-rights lawyers, executed, which came to be known as December murders.Hoefte, Rosemarijin. Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. The subsequent actions by Bouterse, which included setting fireMeel, Peter. “Towards a Typology of Suriname Nationalism.” New West Indian Guide 72 (3&4): pp. 257–281. 1998. on the offices of the newspaper Vrije Stem caused a rupture in diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Relations reached an all-time low after the telephone coup, when Bouterse dismissed the democratically-elected Nieuw Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling government in 1991.Menke, Jack. “Democracy and Governance in Multi-Ethnic Societies: The Case of Suriname.” in Governance in the Caribbean. Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar. UWI, St. Augustine: UWI School of Continuing Studies. 2013.
Diplomatic relations were normalizedTimmermans, A. High Politics in the Low Countries. Functions and Effects of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. 2003. with the election of Venetiaan, which re-establishedMenke, Jack. “Democracy and Governance in Multi-Ethnic Societies: The Case of Suriname.” in Governance in the Caribbean. Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar. UWI, St. Augustine: UWI School of Continuing Studies. 2013. relations with the Dutch and Turkey, which led to significant financial assistance from the Dutch and Turkish governments.
Presidential visits
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| {{flagicon|Suriname}} Vice President Robert Ameerali
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} President Abdullah Gül |
Trade relations
See also
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References
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Further reading
- Aldershot. Ashgate. “Coalition Governance in Belgium and the Netherlands: Rising Electoral Stability Against all Electoral Odds.” Acta Politica 41 (4): pp. 389–407. 2006.
- Hoefte, Rosemarijin. Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014.
- Meel, Peter. “Towards a Typology of Suriname Nationalism.” New West Indian Guide 72 (3&4): pp. 257–281. 1998.
- Menke, Jack. “Democracy and Governance in Multi-Ethnic Societies: The Case of Suriname.” in Governance in the Caribbean. Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar. UWI, St. Augustine: UWI School of Continuing Studies. 2013.
- Thomas, Martin. Crises of Empire: Decolonization and Europe's Imperial States. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2015.
- Timmermans, A. High Politics in the Low Countries. Functions and Effects of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. 2003.
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