General Information
December 16, 1991 - Türkiye recognizes the independence of Kazakhstan.
March 2, 1992 - Date of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
From March 15, 2022 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Türkiye - Yerkebulan Sapiyev.
From March 13, 2023 - Ambassador of the Türkiye in Kazakhstan - Mustafa Kapucu.
The first diplomatic mission of Kazakhstan abroad was opened in Türkiye in October 1992 during the first official visit of the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to Türkiye.
The Consulate General of Kazakhstan operates in Istanbul and Antalya, as well as 7 honorary consulates in the cities of Denizli, Alanya, Bursa, Bitlis, Hatay, Konya and Mersin.
Consulates General of Türkiye operate in Almaty and Aktau, honorary consulate in Shymkent.
Political cooperation
Since gaining independence, the Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited Türkiye 28 times with state, official and working visits. Presidents of Türkiye 15 times, Prime Ministers 6 times visited Kazakhstan.
On November 12, 2021 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid a working visit to Türkiye in order to participate the 8th Summit of the Turkic Council in Istanbul.
On May 10-11, 2022 the state visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Türkiye took place. Following the visit “Joint Statement on Enhanced Strategic Partnership” was signed between the two countries, as well as 6 intergovernmental and 8 interinstitutional documents.
September 29 - October 2, 2022, the 4th World Nomad Games were held in Iznik, Türkiye. The delegation headed by the Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Koshanov took part in the event as a guest of honor and held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
On October 12-13, 2022 the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Kazakhstan within the framework of the 4th meeting of the Strategic Cooperation Council, as a result 6 interinstitutional documents were signed. Within the framework of this visit, the President of Türkiye participated in the 6th CICA Summit.
On March 15-16, 2023 the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid a working visit to Türkiye to participate in the Extraordinary Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara.
On June 3, 2023 the President of the Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in the inauguration of the 13th President of Türkiye.
On November 3, 2023, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid a working visit to Kazakhstan in order to participate in the work of the 10th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States. The bilateral meeting of Presidents was held.
Cooperation between Foreign Ministries
On May 24, 2019, Foreign Minister of Türkiye Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to Kazakhstan.
March 17-18, 2021 an official visit of the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi to Türkiye was held.
June 17-20, 2021 Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited Türkiye to participate in the “Antalya Diplomatic Forum”.
September 26-27, 2021 Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Cooperation Council of Turkic speaking States on the situation in Afghanistan in Istanbul.
On October 11-12, 2021, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Sedat Unal, participated in the 6th CICA Foreign Ministers meeting in Astana.
On February 24, 2022, Türkiye Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Kazakhstan and the 7th joint meeting of the Kazakhstan- Türkiye Strategic Planning Group was held.
October 18, 2022 Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi took part at the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Turkic Council.
On September 10-11, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan paid an official visit to Kazakhstan and was received by the President of Kazakhstan.
Trade and economic cooperation
Türkiye is an important strategic partner and one of the main trade and economic partners of Kazakhstan.
According to the results of 2022, Türkiye became the 4th trade partner of Kazakhstan after the Russia, China and Italy (moved up from the 5th place).
High record of trade turnover was reached in 2022 and amounted to $6.3 billion (exports amounted to $4.8 billion, imports $1.6 billion).
Trade turnover for the first 11 months of 2023 totaled $5.54 billion (exports amounted to $3.65 billion, imports $1.89 billion).
Total trade turnover during this time decreased by 6% (amounting $5.89 billion), exports declined by 18% (amounting $4.47 billion), imports increased by 33% (amounting $1.42 billion). Main exports of Kazakhstan are raw materials: crude oil, copper and copper cathodes, unprocessed zinc, petroleum products, wheat, natural gas, unprocessed lead, cotton, vegetables, and unprocessed aluminum.
Main imports of Kazakhstan are textiles: women's textile clothing, sunflower seeds, packaged pharmaceuticals for retail sale, shirts, knitted sweatshirts, bed linens, canteen, toilet and kitchen, car covers, women's textile blouses, passenger car.
Intergovernmental Economic Commission
The Intergovernmental Economic Commission (IEC) is an effective mechanism for promoting bilateral economic relations.
The IEC is chaired by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov and Vice President of Türkiye Cevdet Yilmaz.
On March 4, 2022 the 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Economic Commission was held in Astana within the framework of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
As a result of the IEC, the parties approved Economic Cooperation Road Map between Kazakhstan and Türkiye for 2022-2023.
March 4, 2022 in the framework of the working visit of Vice President of Türkiye Fuat Oktay was held a Kazakhstan-Türkiye business forum with the participation of more than 250 representatives of government agencies and quasi-government sector of the two countries. As a result of the forum, 10 commercial documents were signed.
As part of the implementation of agreements, investors plan to build transport and logistics centers with aircargo in West Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions, a pharmaceutical plant in Almaty, an enterprise for the production of medical devices, masks and respirators in the capital, a plant for the production of steel products, steel structures, health and entertainment center, etc. The investors plan to build a transport and logistics center with aircargo in West Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions. The total amount of investments for these projects is about $500 million.
Investment cooperation
Investment cooperation between Kazakhstan and Türkiye is developing dynamically. From 2005 to third quarter of 2023, investments amounting to $5 billion were attracted to the economy of Kazakhstan from Türkiye. In turn, Kazakhstan from 2005 to the present time invests in the economy of Türkiye 1.2 billion dollars.
From Türkiye, 44.9% of investments have been attracted in the last 18 years, that means, almost half belongs to the last 5 years (2018-2022).
Within the framework of the state visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Türkiye (May 10-11, 2022) a special meeting with the heads of 40 largest Turkish holdings and business representatives was held.
The total annual capital turnover of Turkish business, which took part in this event, amounted to $95 billion and holds leading positions in various sectors.
During the visit of the Head of State between the entrepreneurs of the two states signed 20 specific investment agreements and 10 memorandums of understanding for the amount of $1.4 billion.
From Türkiye to Kazakhstan in 9 months of 2023 $320.4 billion investment was attracted. To date, 69 projects ($2.9 billion) have been implemented with the participation of Turkish companies, 35 projects are under implementation ($2.8 billion) and 75 potential projects (more than $1 billion) are in progress.
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
Monuments in honor of outstanding national figures and poets and writers of Kazakhstan Abai Kunanbayuly, Abylai Khan, Suyunbai Aronuly, Zhambyl Zhabaev, Magzhan Zhumabaev, Kabanbai Batyr have been erected in Türkiye.
Abay Secondary School was opened in 2003 in Istanbul. In 2020, an elementary school named after Al-Farabi was opened in Erzurum and a school of Imam Hatip named after Al-Farabi was opened in Mush.
Relations between the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Writers Union of Türkiye are dynamically developing. To date, with the support of the Turkish side, the works of more than 100 Kazakh poets and writers have been translated into Turkish.
There are 15 monuments, 9 houses of culture, 4 schools, 18 streets and 12 parks connected with Kazakhstan on the territory of Türkiye.
Cooperation in the sphere of education between Türkiye and Kazakhstan is developing fruitfully. Within the framework of the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Türkiye, the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Hodja Ahmed Yasavi, established in the city of Turkestan, is actively functioning. Branches of this university operate in the cities of Almaty, Shymkent and Kentau.
The Yunus Emre Cultural Center, opened in March 2010, operates in Kazakhstan. In addition, the coordination office of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency's program operates in Kazakhstan.
From 1 to 3 July 2021, a concert dedicated to the “National Dombra Day” was organized at the National Library of the President of Türkiye and for the first time in Ankara, a dombra festival with more than 50 artists representing Kazakh, Turkish, Tatar, Nogai and Japanese peoples was widely celebrated.
On September 16, 2021 in Istanbul the presentation of a commemorative coin dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence was held.
From September 22 to 23, 2021 in Istanbul a small kurultai of Kazakhs, dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan was held. Within the framework of the Small Kurultai of Kazakhs of Europe and Türkiye, the memorial park of the outstanding Kazakh son Mustafa Ozturk was opened.
On February 17, 2022 in the Trabzon city on the Black Sea coast of Türkiye a monument to Abai Kunanbayuly was erected.
On December 29, 2022 in Ankara was opened a park named after Ahmet Baitursynov and a monument was erected.
On April 27, 2022, Türkiye-Kazakhstan Friendship Park was opened in Ankara.
In July 2023, the Embassy organized the first kymyz festival and organized a handicraft exhibition.
On September 2, 2023, a monument to Tattimbet was erected in Tattimbet Kazangapuly Park in Ankara.
On December 15, 2023, an exhibition “The Gold of the Great Steppe” was organized at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations from artifacts found in the Berel Kurgan of East Kazakhstan.
In addition, a number of cultural events were organized dedicated the 100th Anniversary of Türkiye, the 100th Anniversary of Amen Kaidar, 100th Anniversary of Biken Rimova, 100th Anniversary of Muzafar Alimbayev, 800th Anniversary of Sultan Beibars, 125th Anniversary of Temirbek Zhurgenov, 80th Anniversary of Murat Auez, 30th Anniversary of TURKSOY.
In particular, 39 conferences were organized, 16 articles were published, 7 books were translated, 8 exhibitions were held, 3 films were translated, 8 concerts and 3 theatrical performances were organized.