Sierra Leone–Turkey relations
Bilateral relations
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Sierra Leone–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Sierra Leone and Turkey. Turkey has an embassy in Freetown since February 2018 and Sierra Leone has an embassy in Ankara since January 2020.[1]
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Diplomatic relations
Sierra Leone and Turkey historically have had tense relations until recently.[2] Turkey denounced Sierra Leone under Foday Sankoh,[2] a Sierra Leonean who had trained as a guerrilla in Libya, because Foday Sankoh’s regime systematically turned children[3] into murderers, force them to perform ritual cannibalism[2] after amputating civilians’ arms[2] and legs. To top it off, Foday Sankoh had been supplying cut-rate diamonds to al Qaeda, which Turkey classified as a terrorist organization, for resale in Europe. Turkey participated in the 6,000-man UN peacekeeping force, even though safety was not restored for a very long time.[4]
