title: Togo–Turkey relations
text: # Togo–Turkey relations
  
  Togo–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between Togo and Turkey. Turkey embassy opened in Lomé.
  
  ## Diplomatic Relations
  
  Turkey and Togo enjoy good bilateral relations. However, relations cooled in early 1980s when Gnassingbé Eyadéma became increasingly more heavy-handed and authoritarian, judged as having Africa's worst human rights record. Turkey was critical of Gnassingbé Eyadéma's re-election in August 1993 in a contest boycotted by other candidates. Relations improved in 1994, when Gnassingbé Eyadéma appointed Edem Kodjo, an Ewe leader of Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais from Kpalimé who came third in the election with 7 seats, as Prime Minister.
  
  ## Presidential Visits
  
  | Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | President Faure Gnassingbé | Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | August 28, 2014 |
  
  ## Economic Relations
  
  * Trade volume between the two countries was 109 million USD in 2019.
  
  ## Educational Relations
  
  Turkey has been providing scholarships to Togolese students since 1992.
  
  