{"id":44952,"date":"2025-06-09T20:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=44952"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:20:58","slug":"india-turkiye-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-06-2025\/india-turkiye-relations","title":{"rendered":"India-T\u00fcrkiye Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India is carefully balancing its trade relations with T\u00fcrkiye (Turkey), ensuring that economic advantages are not compromised despite geopolitical concerns.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About India-Turkey Relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Historical and Early Diplomatic Engagements: <\/strong>India and Turkey share a long history of diplomatic and cultural exchanges, dating back to the <strong>Ottoman era<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>first exchange <\/strong>of diplomatic missions between the <strong>Ottoman Sultans and the Muslim rulers<\/strong> of the subcontinent dates back to the years <strong>1481-82.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Sufi Philosophy of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi<\/strong> found a natural resonance <strong>Bhakti movement in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Political Engagement: <\/strong>Both have maintained formal <strong>diplomatic ties since 1948<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan visited India for the <strong>G20 Summit in 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both nations focused on trade, investment, defense, and security cooperation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turkey has participated in multilateral forums such as the <strong>Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)<\/strong> and <strong>ASEAN meetings<\/strong>, where officials from both nations have engaged in dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trade and Economic Relations: <\/strong>The <strong>Bilateral Trade Agreement between<\/strong> India and Turkey was <strong>signed in 1973.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was followed by an Agreement on setting up an <strong>India\u2013Turkey Joint Commission<\/strong> on <strong>Economic and Technical Cooperation (JCETC)<\/strong> in 1983.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current Trade Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has a <strong>trade surplus of $2.73 billion<\/strong> with Turkey, primarily driven by <strong>engineering goods, electronics, and chemicals.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In FY25, <strong>India\u2019s exports to Turkey totaled $5.72 billion<\/strong>, with engineering exports accounting for over 50% of the total.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turkey had <strong>increased petroleum product imports from India<\/strong> following the <strong>Ukraine war,<\/strong> but it has seen a <strong>significant decline<\/strong> in FY25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, Turkey\u2019s exports to India remain limited to fruits, nuts, gold, and marble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Do You Know?<\/strong><br>&#8211; T\u00fcrkiye is currently the<strong> 8th largest destination <\/strong>of Indian engineering merchandise.<br>&#8211; India is the <strong>3rd top supplier to Turkey<\/strong> <strong>after Russia and UAE<\/strong> <strong>for aluminium<\/strong> and its products, <strong>10th supplier<\/strong> for electrical machinery &amp; equipment and <strong>11th supplier<\/strong> for medical &amp; surgical equipment and pharmaceutical machinery.<br>&#8211; In the last five fiscal years, <strong>India\u2019s engineering exports to Turkey<\/strong> increased by <strong>24%.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Defense and Security Cooperation: <\/strong>T\u00fcrkiye has expressed interest in defense collaboration, including joint military exercises and technology exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concerns &amp; Challenges in India-Turkey Relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Geopolitical Challenges: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-05-2025\/pakistan-turkiye-nexus-and-india-stands\"><strong>Turkey\u2019s support for Pakistan<\/strong><\/a>, including military supplies, has led to <strong>security clearance cancellations<\/strong> for Turkish firms operating in India.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Additionally, Turkey has <strong>historically backed Pakistan on the Kashmir issue<\/strong>, further straining diplomatic ties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security &amp; Infrastructure Issues:<\/strong> India recently revoked security clearance for <strong>\u00c7elebi Airport Services India<\/strong> citing national security concerns.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It reflects India\u2019s growing scrutiny of Turkish firms involved in critical infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additionally, concerns over<strong> Turkish drones used by Pakistan<\/strong> in military conflicts have strained relations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Response<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India has been actively engaging with <strong>Greece, Cyprus, and Armenia<\/strong> to counterbalance Turkey\u2019s influence and military expansion in South Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/eye-on-strong-export-advantage-india-not-keen-to-dent-turkey-trade-ties-with-curbs-10055610\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source: IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India is carefully balancing its trade relations with T\u00fcrkiye (Turkey), ensuring that economic advantages are not compromised despite geopolitical concerns.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Current Trade Statistics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India has a trade surplus of $2.73 billion with Turkey, primarily driven by engineering goods, electronics, and chemicals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">In FY25, India\u2019s exports to Turkey totaled $5.72 billion, with engineering exports accounting for over 50% of the total.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Turkey had increased petroleum product imports from India following the Ukraine war, but it has seen a significant decline in FY25.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">However, Turkey\u2019s exports to India remain limited to fruits, nuts, gold, and marble.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-06-2025\/india-turkiye-relations\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44970,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44952\/revisions\/44970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}