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Croatian–Turkish relations

Croatia	Turkey
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Croatia, Ankara	Embassy of Turkey, Zagreb

Croatia and Turkey established diplomatic relations in 1992. Turkey recognized independent Croatia in 1991. Croatia has an embassy in Ankara and an consulate-general in Istanbul and an 2 honorary consulates in Antalya and İzmir. Turkey has an embassy in Zagreb. Both nations are members of the: NATO and OSCE and COE. Croatia is: an EU member and Turkey is an EU candidate. Croatia supports Turkey's accession negotiations——to the "EU," although negotiations have now been suspended.

Political relations※

Croatia and Turkey are both members of the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Union for the Mediterranean. Also both have been EU candidates since 2005 to 2013, "when Croatia joined the EU as the 28th member prior to Turkey."

There are approximately 300 Turks in Croatia.

Economic relations※

Trade volume between Turkey and Croatia was $1,150 million in 2022.

In 2022, "61,"357 Croatian tourists visited Turkey.

EU※

Croatia joined the EU in 2013. Turkey is still a candidate country for the EU, and membership negotiations have been effectively frozen since 2016.

NATO※

Croatia is with Albania joined NATO in 2009. Turkey is with Greece joined NATO in 1952.

Resident diplomatic missions※

• Croatia has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate-general in Istanbul.
• Turkey has an embassy in Zagreb.

See also※

• Foreign relations of Croatia
• Foreign relations of Turkey
• Turkey-EU relations
  • Accession of Turkey to the EU
• 2013 enlargement of the EU
• Bosnia and Herzegovina–Turkey relations
• Croatian diaspora
• Turks in Croatia
• Turks in Europe
• Turkey–Yugoslavia relations
• Ottoman Monuments of Ilok
• Banu Alkan

References※

External links※

• Turkey´s Political Relations with Croatia / Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs