Turkey–Vietnam relations

While relations between Turkey and Vietnam is less known comparing to other countries in the Sinosphere world, the Mongol Army invading Vietnam at 13th century was thought to be formed by majority of Turkic and Persian warriors fighting in the war. Many of them were entirely annihilated in all three failed invasions to Vietnam, which marked the first connection between the Vietnamese and Turks.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/the-Steppe|title=The Steppe - The era of Turkish predominance, 550–1200|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=26 March 2019}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kfAAgAAQBAJ&q=mongol+turkic+army+invasion+vietnam&pg=PA283|page=283|title=The Earth and Its Peoples, Brief: A Global History|first1=Richard|last1=Bulliet|first2=Pamela|last2=Crossley|first3=Daniel|last3=Headrick|first4=Steven|last4=Hirsch|first5=Lyman|last5=Johnson|date=1 January 2014|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9781305147096|access-date=26 March 2019|via=Google Books}} After the failed invasions, the Turks would eventually immigrate to Anatolia and found the Ottoman Empire, and two countries would have no official link until the 20th century.

Vietnam went to headline in Turkey at 1960s as for the result of Vietnam War, which Turkey was requested to offer troops fighting in the war to assist its South Vietnamese and American allies against communist expansions, as Turkey is a NATO member. However, Turkey later rejected the offer and consolidated a more diplomatic approach.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/02/archives/nato-ailies-differ-on-vietnam-policies.html|title=NATO AIlies Differ On Vietnam Policies|date=2 March 1964|access-date=26 March 2019|website=The New York Times}} Turkey and Vietnam's relations would remain irrelevant until the end of the Cold War.

While Vietnam and Turkey established relations at 1978, it was not until 1990s that Vietnam became a growing economic and political partner of Turkey in the ASEAN. Both two countries are highly-rising profile economies, being parts of Next Eleven and CIVETS, thus earn reputation and receive larger trade and investment.{{cite web|url=http://asianpacificcenter.org/vietnam-turkey-relations.html|title=Vietnam-Turkey relations|website=Asianpacificcenter.org|access-date=26 March 2019}}

For Vietnam, Turkey is seen as the gate to enter Middle Eastern market, which further bolstered economic cooperation between two countries.{{cite web|url=https://english.vov.vn/content/MjIzMDc4.vov|title=40-year Vietnam-Turkey diplomatic ties: cooperation for development|date=8 June 2018|website=English.vov.vn|access-date=26 March 2019}} In 2017, Binali Yıldırım paid an official visit to Vietnam to increase economic and political cooperation between two countries.{{cite web|url=https://english.thesaigontimes.vn/55817/vietnam-looks-to-double-two-way-trade-with-turkey-by-2020.html|title=Vietnam looks to double two-way trade with Turkey by 2020 - Vietnam looks to double two-way trade with Turkey by 2020 - News from Saigon Times|website=English.thesaigontimes.vn|access-date=26 March 2019}}

There is a small Cham population in Turkey, mostly descended from Cham refugees fleeing from the Vietnam War.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

• Turkey has an embassy in Hanoi.
• Vietnam has an embassy in Ankara.

==See also==

• Foreign relations of Turkey
• Foreign relations of Vietnam
• Vietnamese people in Turkey

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• [http://hanoi.emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission Republic of Turkey Hanoi Büyükelçiliği]
• [https://vnembassy-ankara.mofa.gov.vn/vi-vn/Trang/default.aspx Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Turkey]

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