Abstract:

In recent period, balance between global powers in Africa tends to change. Hegemony over the continent established by USA during the Cold Way years and EU countries in the colonization period has been eradicating. Western powers have been losing control over the natural resources-rich continent Africa against new economic giant China reached over 100 billion dollars of trade recently. In this new phase, while interest of developing countries is growing towards Africa as a regional power Turkey is also establishing new economic ties within Africa. With close to 20 billion dollars foreign trade, Turkey is the fifth most trading partner in Africa after China, India, South Korea and Brazil. However, despite the growing trade figures, Turkey still has very limited trade relation with SubSaharan Africa countries where China, USA and EU countries are major players. When it is considered that Sub-Saharan Africa economies performed tremendous growth rates between 2001-2010, and this will continue between 2011-2015, Turkey should revise its Africa policy towards the region

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