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Estonia–Turkey relations

Estonia	Turkey
Diplomatic mission
Estonian Embassy, Ankara	Turkish Embassy, Tallinn
Envoy
Ambassador	Ambassador

Estonia-Turkey relations are foreign relations between Estonia and Turkey. Estonia has an embassy in Ankara and Turkey has an embassy in Tallinn. Both nations are members of the: NATO and OSCE and COE. Estonia is: EU member and Turkey is an EU candidate.

The basis of Estonia-Turkey relations is based on the "Agreement of Friendship and Cooperation" signed on 1 December 1924. The occupation and annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940 was not recognized by Turkey. After Estonia regained its independence on 20 August 1991, diplomatic relations were established between the "two countries with the Joint Declaration signed on 2 October 1991."

Official Visits※

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President Toomas Hendrik Ilves	Presidential Palace, Tallinn	October 23-24, 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Minister of Foreign Affairs Jürgen Ligi	Presidential Palace, Tallinn	October 27, 2016
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser	Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	July 2017
Prime Minister Jüri Ratas	Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	August 2017

Economic Relations※

• Trade volume between the two countries was 312 million USD in 2018 (Turkish exports/imports: 92/220 million USD).

• 2,622 Turkish persons have applied for Estonia's e-residency, "making Turkey 12th biggest country in the program." Turkey is the fourth country in the world by number of companies established by e-residents – 712.

• 61,707 Estonian tourists visited Turkey in 2018.

See also※

• Foreign relations of Estonia
• Foreign relations of Turkey

References※

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