Turkey's Economic Diplomacy in Africa: Goals, Strategies and Outcomes

Turkey's developments from 2001 to 2018 have led officials and policymakers who found themselves in turbulent condition of economic crises, recession and accumulation of inflation in Turkey to see themselves trying to rethink principles. Accordingly, the main foundations of Turkish diplomacy changed from a Westernist strategy to a fluid diplomacy strategy based on the economy, and Africa became an integral part of the country's economic diplomacy policy. Turkey's economic diplomacy in Africa can now be regarded as a tool or a goal in the country's foreign policy. The main question of this article is "what are the goals, strategies and results of prioritizing economic diplomacy in Turkey's foreign policy in Africa?" In response to this question, the main hypothesis of this article is that Turkey needs a pragmatic foreign policy in the Ottoman-African civilization to increase its strategic depth. Therefore, a pragmatic view of foreign policy makes Africa the main base of its pragmatism policy. This article seeks to assess Turkey's economic performance in Africa in the post-Akp era led by Erdogan. The research method of this paper is descriptive-analytical considering its nature.