North Korea–Turkey relations
Bilateral relations
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North Korea–Turkey relations (Korean:뛰르끼예-조선민주주의 인민공화국 관계) are the foreign relations between North Korea and Turkey. The Turkish ambassador in Seoul is accredited to North Korea.[1] North Korea's ambassador in Sofia, Bulgaria is accredited to Turkey.[1]
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Turkey supported South Korea against North Korea during the Korean War. The two countries have a limited relationship, as Turkey maintains close ties with South Korea and supports sanctions against North Korea and a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.[2]
Diplomatic relations
Early contacts between the Koreans and Turks can be traced back to antiquity, when the Göktürks had supported ancient Goguryeo, a Korean kingdom, during their expansion and also assisted them against Tang Chinese forces. As both Göktürks and Goguryeo were threatened by the Tang dynasty of China, they formed a political, economic, and military alliance.[3][4][5] Göktürk soldiers assisted Goguryeo in many battles, including in the war against Silla, another Korean kingdom, and Tang China; this alliance went on extended to the Balhae as well.[6][7][8] Commerce and correspondence was also maintained through the ancient Silk Road after a part of the ancient Oghuz Turks migrated westward and settled in the lands of Anatolia (today Turkey).[9]
Until 2001,[10] North Korea's post-World War II policy toward Turkey was mainly aimed at minimizing cooperation between Turkey and South Korea.[11] In a quest to end its diplomatic and economic isolation,[12] North Korea established diplomatic relations on June 27, 2001.[1] When the Bush administration determined that North Korea was in violation of the 1994 agreement on North Korea's nuclear weapons program,[13][14] bilateral relations between the two nations have been very limited.[13]
Economic relations
There was some level of trade volume between Turkey and North Korea from 2019-2020 according to Trading Economics, though are not considered especially significant.
