Finland–Turkey relations

Finland–Turkey relations are foreign relations between Finland and Turkey. The Ottoman Empire recognized the independence of Finland on February 21, 1918. Diplomatic relations between them were established on May 20, 1920. Finland has an embassy in Ankara and an honorary consulate general in Istanbul and other honorary consulates in Belek, Bodrum and Izmir. Turkey has an embassy in Helsinki.

Finnish–Turkish relations

Finland
Turkey
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Finland, AnkaraEmbassy of Turkey, Helsinki

Country comparison
Finland Turkey
Population 5,526,774 79,814,871
Area 338,424 km2 (130,666 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population Density 16/km² (41.4/sq mi) 102/km2 (264.2/sq mi)
Capital Helsinki Ankara
Largest City Helsinki – 655,281 (1,437,799 Metro) Istanbul – 15,214,177 (5,343.220 Metro)
Global Cities Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya, Bursa
Government Unitary parliamentary republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Official language Finnish and Swedish Turkish
Current Leader President Sauli Niinistö
Prime Minister Sanna Marin		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Main religions 76,5% Christian
22,1% non-religious
1,4% other		 95.6% Islam, 0.9% Christianity
Ethnic groups 93.4% Finns,
5.6% Swedishspeaking Finns,

0.1% Sami, 1.1% Russians, 0.7% Estonians, 0.1% Romani, and 0.5% Latvians.

85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish, 6% Others
GDP (PPP) $257 billion ($46,559 per capita) $0.857 trillion [1] ($10,848 per capita)

List
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
President Abdullah Gül President Tarja Halonen Helsinki, Finland 7–9 October 2008
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Istanbul, Turkey 6 October 2009
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi Helsinki, Finland 19–20 October 2010
President Tarja Halonen President Abdullah Gül Ankara, and Şanlıurfa, Turkey 29–30 March 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen Helsinki, Finland 5–6 November 2013
President Sauli Niinistö President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ankara, and Istanbul, Turkey 12–15 October 2015
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Prime Minister Juha Sipilä Helsinki, Finland 6 April 2016

Embassies

The Embassy of Finland is located in Ankara, Turkey. The Embassy of Turkey is located in Helsinki, Finland.

Diplomacy

See also

References
  1. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.


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