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.[1] Turkey has an honorary consulate in Paramaribo, while Suriname has honorary consulates in Ankara and Istanbul.[1]
Diplomatic Relations
[edit]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.[2] The subsequent actions by Bouterse, which included setting fire[3] on the offices of the newspaper Vrije Stem caused a rupture in diplomatic relations between the two countries.[2]
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.[4]
Diplomatic relations were normalized[5] with the election of Venetiaan, which re-established[6] relations with the Dutch and Turkey, which led to significant financial assistance[6] from the Dutch and Turkish governments.[5]
Presidential Visits
[edit]Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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Vice President Robert Ameerali | President Abdullah Gül | Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | March 6-9, 2013[1] |
Trade Relations
[edit]- Trade volume between the two countries was 18.2 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 18.1/0.1 million USD).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Relations between Turkey and Suriname". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Timmermans, A. High Politics in the Low Countries. Functions and Effects of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. 2003.
- ^ a b 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.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.