What is Turkey doing in Africa? BBC Africa

As the West reduces its presence and influence in Africa, Turkey is using trade, aid and education to make inroads into the continent.
And it has even rebranded itself as an "Afro-Eurasian country", as the BBC's Esther Kahumbi reports
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[@Saqeynjoro]

Why not ask what France is doing in Africa.

[@diazcastro7331]

Your hate is blinding you

[@marcomongke3116]

how do you know if he is hating anyone? its a legit question@@diazcastro7331

[@Minposu123]

isnt it obvious already? france dreams about africa: build colonies suck the ressources make them your men

[@mohamedhussein4124]

@@diazcastro7331says infidel haters

[@diazcastro7331]

@@mohamedhussein4124 and u wonder why ppl don't like ppl having your name

[@abdiwalimohamud1270]

As an Ethiopian, would like to thank Turkeye giving helping hand to my countries while the West was destabilizing the country.

[@gulchen2491]

Siz cansiniz kardeşlerim benim❤

[@Mehmetglich]

Afrika da kimseyi aç ve fakir görmiyecez herkes mutlu olsun ❤

[@ct1216]

Africa is our second continent. We will always be with our African brother.❤

[@ayushsingh1943]

#Say no to nikah Halala

[@georgebethanis3188]

The Turks arent there for free. They always want something.

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

At least Turkey is not lecturing Africans about what laws to implement on marriage etc,he stays away from cultural issues and only comes to do business and investment. Turkey has built world class Airports in Ghana,Senegal,has built World class Arenas in Rwanda,building Universities in Mozambique and Congo,plus they are helping bring stability in the Congo. They are doing 100 times better than the West,including Britain which sent King Charles on a meaningless Africa tour due to Colonial hangover,or Kamala Harris who went to Ghana to pursue US interests,left nothing of note.

[@nobs997]

Are you paid by Turkish govt because no foreign corporation can exploit a country without the host government's being complicit

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

@@nobs997 If mentioning completed development projects by a Country makes me a paid guy,then let it be. Did you even read my full post or verify the information? I don’t think so.

[@LeoDas688]

Turkey does not care about human rights but the west especially Europe does

[@nobs997]

@@ronaldmadziro5679 I know that other foreign companies have completed projects too

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

@@nobs997 They are not as efficient as Turkey.

[@Qoordheere77]

What turkey doing in Africa....😂😂😂😂 BBC is funny. Has the BBC ever asked its self what European countries and the USA are doing in Africa? 😂

[@afrakanaswahilitv5520]

Kwa sababu wazungu wanataka kuonesha ubabe wao barani Afrika.

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Because they’re ashamed 😂

[@atifsuhail7803]

You can't ask questions from your father😂😂😂

[@inga5567]

Just had the same question 😂 they rather care about their presence beforehand

[@dasgerbil5189]

....in Africa, gulf countries, Okinawa, South korea, Singapore, etc.

[@HousingBritian]

Unlike the colonials, Turks see Africans as brothers and enforce a win win policy

[@frankozrin5611]

Turks are colonialists themselves lol Turks are native to their modern country just as much as the white Africans in South Africa lol

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

Turkey is a colonial power. You are too funny.

[@mn7486]

Turkey in the past (as the Ottoman empire) also colonized Africa. Did you forget? Turkey is not Africa’s brother. Turkey is just another colonizer trying to fool some uneducated Africans.

[@helioslegigantosaure6939]

Lmao turkey are colonial tol

[@mustafakaplan990]

@@helioslegigantosaure6939to who😂

[@aqlli_yechimlar]

Long live Turkiye! Greetings from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

[@dibatas6686]

Long live Uzbekistan 🇹🇷❤🤝🏻🫂

[@user-bx2ku3ic4k]

🇹🇷❤️🇺🇿🇦🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇲

[@kilicmo]

🇰🇿🇺🇿🇦🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬🇹🇲🐺🇲🇳🇭🇺🐺

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

🇺🇿🇰🇿🇦🇿🇹🇷🇰🇬🇹🇲❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@omeraliorun3429]

Yaşasın Özbekistan ve Özbek Türk halkı... Yaşasın Turan Türk İslam Birliği....

[@JERIMIAH0ZENDIAH-db3gy]

Hi, I'm trinidadian and I love türkiye. I actually went to Istanbul back in 2021 , and it was in my opinion, the best place I think I've been to do far in my life. Turkiye helped build mosques here for the Islamic minority here in the caribbean and I am grateful for what they did.Assalamu alai kum from Trinidad.🇹🇹💙🇹🇷

[@ercandemir8194]

Ve aleykumselam brother❤

[@gokturk6926]

Ve Aleyküm Selam brother 🇹🇷

[@kingturk339]

ve aleyküm selam baba

[@steppenwolf5956]

Ve Aleykum Selam

[@dibatas6686]

Love from Türkiye 🇹🇷❤🤗🤝🏻🫂

[@lordduke2959]

Love my turkish people, grew up with them in Sweden, hopefully you will find a long lasting partner in my motherland Somalia. You might not know this, but Türkiye alone came for our aid when we needed it the most, so they will forever have a special place in our hearts. 🇸🇴❤🇹🇷

[@xolang]

İf you choose to write Türkiye instead of Turkey, then for consistency's sake you should write Türk or Türkçe instead of Turkish. 😉

[@zeynephatipoglu9084]

@@xolang The official and international name for the country is ‘Türkiye’ since 2022. So he doesn’t have to use another turkish word wdym

[@verandadausuyenadam9597]

Türkiye -Somalia ..forever together

[@zynpkrdg]

As a Turk, I'd like to say Somalia is always in our hearts and minds. We pray for you when we do our salah and we pray for you when we pray for our families and many other Muslims in the world. For years now, we cried when you cried and we laughed when you laughed. My parents did so every day and they taught me to do the same. Much much love to Somalia.🇸🇴❤️

[@IamSome1]

If you grew up in Sweden you are swedish. Yet it seems there are so many immigrants over there that assimilating any of you is impossible to begin with. You all love your motherland but never live in it.

[@CrashChronicles57]

I lived in Africa for 5 years. Turks respect the thoughts and cultures of Africans. Africans also love Turks. Turks are a Muslim society similar in type to Europeans. However, you will not find racist approaches. The first pilot of African origin in the world was the pilot of the Ottoman Air Force. The future of Turkish-African relations is bright. Africans are very warm-hearted and lovely people, I hope we can build a richer future.

[@dopeng2005]

Pls don't come with your bullshit bother We all now that they all Just want our resources 😂

[@mabrenz_n5391]

Don't be liar, Turks are very racist towards africans. Even more racist than western people. I live among these Turks, l know what I'm talking about.

[@nenasiek]

Uhm, theres plenty of racist turks, just cause someone is friendly when they greet you doesnt mean they dont feel superior and see others as inferior.

[@goktugkaganturk5494]

@@nenasiek As a Turk, this is the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard in my life. Turks are the most hospitable people in the world. They don't know what racism is. It's stupid to insult someone because of their color. Turks are very patriotic people. This situation may be misunderstood when viewed from the outside. But Turks are never racist. They don't like people who are racist either.

[@tarikemirtanyildizi]

agreed! as a Turk and who have lots of African neighbors and friends in Ankara@@goktugkaganturk5494 we are not racist we are truly focuses self development. Many of my friends which are African well develop themselves so if you was not like honest trustful or respectful it is possible to get un respectful movement to your self at every country. But plus thing is our culture teach us what ever who come with honest and trustful feelings we are very welcome as always we are...

[@abdihirey4656]

Turkey is opening the eyes of African leaders by showing them how western countries got rich with African resources while African people are dying for hunger. The best example is Niger, France took their uranium to make electricity while Niger is borrowing electricity from Nigeria. Keep going Turkey, keep going Mr. Erdoğan. 🇸🇴❤🇹🇷

[@dopeng2005]

Turkey and Rest of the world are all the same brother 😂😂 don't get it twisted

[@dibatas6686]

As a Türk thank you 🤗 Love from Türkiye ❤🤝🏻🇹🇷

[@Minposu123]

​@@dopeng2005search and you will see

[@haskeke8154]

​@@dopeng2005yes, they get our resources but give us back value. Not the UK ,USA and France stealing Africa for decades for crumbs.

[@joeb5080]

Turkey had a brutal empire too, you know.

[@Metindolunay1905]

The better question is: What is France doing in Africa? Africa's underground riches belong to that continent. It is natural for Turkey to oppose this system of exploitation. The African continent is now waking up and this disturbs the West. I'm afraid the West will continue to be disturbed. Greetings from Turkey🤣😂😏

[@Herz375]

France is running away from its bedbugs

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

They know dear. Obviously they know. Why do other topics frighten you?

[@kaganalp6313]

Taking thre gold oil etc

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Always support Türkiye from its fatherland Qazaqstan! 🇹🇷❤️🇰🇿 Biz birgemiz! 🐺🤘🏼

[@toxichuman208]

Salute to Fatherland Qazaqstan from Motherlan Türkiye 🇹🇷 ❤ 🇰🇿

[@dibatas6686]

Biz birgemiz 🐺🇹🇷❤🤝🏻🫂

[@aliatack19]

Selam olsun ata yurda. Biz birgemiz! 🐺

[@user-bx2ku3ic4k]

🇹🇷❤️🇰🇿🇦🇿🇺🇿🇰🇬🇹🇲

[@yusufziyacetin]

Биз баурмыз бир атанын урпагмыз

[@Me-tg6ox]

What is BBC doing in Africa ?

[@Me-tg6ox]

Guys list all your problems down bellow, if you magically find this comment ☆

[@ATech-cz2yz]

Double-standard

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

Because most BBCs are found in Africa.

[@steppenwolf5956]

sie vertreten die Interessen der westlichen Länder, vor allem von UK

[@mohamednagi3557]

Liars and fake news and Western propaganda machine

[@millionairemaine8901]

Respect to Turkey

[@dibatas6686]

Love and respect from Türkiye 🇹🇷❤🤗

[@ayushsingh1943]

#First Say no to nikah Halala

[@tunc34]

Turkiye and Africa, we will grow and become strong together 💪🏽

[@slayermate07]

Yeah the latter becomes strong enough the former will make them stronger by providing slaves. Just like old times.

[@nunyabiznys5169]

Not. This delusion is why Africsns are suffering. AntiBlackness is global

[@baltai3123]

@@nunyabiznys5169Actually we don’t have coloural racism like black and white in Turkiye. We are racist to arabs maybe that is it(It’s because historical) Other than that we don’t care colour or whatever that much. Of course, only Africans can save themselves. But establishing good alliances is also part of this

[@kilicmo]

​@@nunyabiznys5169speak about occidentale countries

[@haskeke8154]

​@@nunyabiznys5169which delusion ?! Check out Turkey's massive projects in Africa.

[@fatmanur5531]

As a Turkish, I am so happy to see Africa growing and developing. They have very big potential, they are hardworking and honest people. It always saddens me what colonial powers has been doing for years 🌸

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

Agreed,Türkiye understands African people are diverse and have different beliefs,so they do business with us without interfering in our way of life,they respect us the way we are and we respect them back the way they are. You can’t say the same about the British or French who will try and force their ways on us against our wishes. Much love to Türkiye 🇹🇷.

[@hu6284]

As a Somali we love and stand by your people, and will always remember Turkey being the only country that helped us during the famine and broke the arms embargo placed on Somalia so we can have armored vehicles/ light weaponry.

[@dronur6194]

​​@@hu6284You are our brothers. We Turks will always stand by the innocent. Loves from Türkiye. 🇹🇷🇸🇴

[@mustafanesimitelli8062]

How do you know all of this. Silly girl

[@sybcp1981]

Naive Turks

[@semihyil88]

Turks are compassionate and reliable people.

[@bertrecht913]

xD

[@serpentlaw5961]

Absolutely!

[@nunyabiznys5169]

Gullible still

[@kilicmo]

​@@nunyabiznys5169shut up get out from us devil

[@user-4xislb]

​@@nunyabiznys5169 Like if they're better.

[@Laascaanood614]

Turkey truly wants to help and do business.

[@Canadianlove]

Nobody wants to help they all have an agenda

[@Laascaanood614]

@@Canadianlove No shit Sherlock, it's better to deal with the devil you know than the one you don't know. Turkey has proven itself to Somalia multiple times that they would like to see Somalia successful than downtrodden. So why shouldn't Somalia accept the friendship with Turkey? Have you seen the difference between Turkey has made on itself from the 1980's till now. As a person from Somalia I would like to see that happen in Somalia, but to learn how that was accomplished those reform you need a mentor. That's how we Somali's see President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A friend 🇹🇷🇸🇴

[@Levo_D_Angelo]

@@Canadianlove yes we have Agenda, becommig world Power together with all opressed in this world to punish you for your crimes, thats our agenda as Turkiye

[@haskeke8154]

​@@Canadianloveshut up white Jesus worshipper. You're shaking from Turkey but not UK, USA ,and France.😂😂😂 Turkey is coming no body can stop it.

[@sinasikicioglu]

The Turkish nation is the nation that donates the most in the world compared to its GNP. We do not see Africa as a colony. We respect their culture and language. Thousands of young Africans receive free education in Turkey. The development of Africa is on our agenda.

[@aabta3584]

Love to Turkey from Africa. The western countries don’t not want to leave their former colonies alone . Free Africa

[@mn7486]

Also Turkey does not want to leave its former colonies in Africa alone. Remember the Ottoman occupation of Africa?

[@aabta3584]

@@mn7486 It was not occupation It was empire and they were part of it . Not like westerners who enslaved , muredered and stole everything

[@user-ir3le2wm9t]

​@@mn7486Africa was not a colony of the Ottomans

[@mn7486]

@@user-ir3le2wm9t North Africa was occupied by the Ottomans.

[@user-ir3le2wm9t]

@@mn7486 Conquered*

[@alperenbaser7952]

Atleast they r not colonising africa like Western countries .

[@peterclarke7240]

Foreign countries have realised they don't need to any more. All they need to do is buy the right politicians.

[@lionchampion587]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@ftapon]

Ha! That's because they already colonized it. Did you not watch the first 10 seconds of the video, where it shows the map of how it colonized all of North Africa?

[@eltruco3598]

​@@ftaponyou need to learn what colonizing means first. LOL😂

[@ftapon]

@@eltruco3598 educate me, wise master

[@RoronoaZoro-lz7rp]

Big respect for all African Nations from Turkiye 🖐. i hope African people will realize their power and establish unfied African power economically and militarily.

[@Levo_D_Angelo]

Thats the biggest nightmare of europe thats why they want africa instable, they know if they unite, its payback time, they re afraid of that 😁😁

[@garbischilaposhian6761]

With help of terrorist state dirty jews mustafa kemal ataturk's The founder of unlegal turkey!!!!!!!

[@xolang]

İt's Türkiye. Either you write "Turkey" or "Türkiye". Turkıyə doesn't exist.

[@britetoniadesigns8442]

@@Gazze-ss9ofplease read Trans sahara slave trade and come back and lecture me on Arabic Islam and African slavery of more than 1000 years

[@DarkVeilNebula]

@@Gazze-ss9ofyarramin dini

[@ozcandurmusoglu]

What Turkey does in Africa is the OPPOSITE of the others, HELP, SHARE, DONATE, HUG, MERCY, STABILIZE, We Turks Love Africans, We are brothers.

[@serpentlaw5961]

Turkish Airlines has the most airline destinations of any airline in the world. No fuel crisis there! The Turks have a uniquely peaceful disposition and YES - they don't have a colonial past in Africa. They take over where France failed to show true liberty.

[@joeb5080]

Yes, Turkey has a colonial past.

[@theo3357]

​@@joeb5080no, actually, they don't. the lands Ottoman Empire had were incorporated territories of the country. If someone says Ottomans were a colonizing power, then you would also need to think Roman Empire as a colonizer. Roman Empire didn't have colonies in Egypt and Middle East and Anatolia, those were their homeland. Same thing applies for the Ottomans too.

[@joeb5080]

@@theo3357 Like France in Algeria or the US over Native Americans, then. Cool. Conquering and subjugating peoples that want to be independent is cool when Muslims do it.

[@serpentlaw5961]

​@@theo3357 That's right in part. Turkey was EASTERN ROME to start with, but Egypt was colonized by the West Romans after Julius Caesar was assassinated by his successor Augustus who destroyed Julius alliance with Cleopatra and Marc Anthony's liaison with her. Eastern Rome (today's Turkey) had been devoted to Julius Caesar's general Marc Anthony. The colonizing of Africa started with Augustus Octavian's hate for Marc Anthony. Rome thence split into East and West, from which the Os-Romanum developed into the Osmanum Empire (Ottoman). Ottoman means Osman (East-Men's Rome). Had Julius Caesar's general Marc Anthony succeeded in upholding Julius Caesar's principles toward Cleopatra the colonizing of Africa may not have happened and the saga of Jesus Christ being Cleopatra's son incognito would never have been born. This is why some people believe that Jesus was African and that Mary and Joseph were no other than Cleo and Marc incognito...if you believe the Arabian version of the story.

[@steppenwolf5956]

@@joeb5080 Sie wissen wahrscheinlich nicht was Kolonialismus bedeutet. Wenn die Osmanen Kolonialherren gewesen wären, würden alle Länder des osmanischen reiches heute türkisch sprechen und wären ausgebeutet worden. Die Türken haben keine Kolonialgeschichte aber ihr Land wahrscheinlich schon, oder?

[@nurrizalahmadimran4005]

I am happy Turkiye is doing so much in Africa. Respect from Malaysia.

[@futuredoctor1966]

Turkiye is doing great job In Africa 🇸🇴 ❤🇹🇷

[@xolang]

İt's Türkiye. Either you write "Turkey" or "Türkiye". Turkıyə doesn't exist. 😉

[@futuredoctor1966]

@@xolang it doesn't make sense

[@latinlerinsulo4130]

Yorumları okurken ağladım ne mutlu bize ki bütün bir afrikaya iyi bir izlenim bırakıp insanların kalbinde yer etmişiz bunu okuyan başta Afrikalı olmak üzere tüm dünyadan kardeşlerimi kalplerinden öpüyorum Allahın rahmeti ve bereketi üzerinize olsun inşallah

[@sybcp1981]

Diğer yanda çalışmak için ülkesini terk eden Türkler. Keşke bizim için de göz yaşı döksen 😄

[@kedyfab3195]

çalışmak ve insani bir şekilde yaşayabilmek için ülkeyi terketmek zorunda bırakanlara da laf söyler misin peki? sanmam.@@sybcp1981

[@ayushsingh1943]

#Say no to nikah Halala

[@denizozmen4840]

​@@sybcp1981kalpten kardeşlik çok farklı bir şey. İnsan buna duygulanıyor. Bu kadar kara propagandaya rağmen hem de

[@dahanler1599]

@@ayushsingh1943can you explain more please? Where is nikah halala happening?

[@UgandaTurkiye]

Turkiye most welcomed in Africa. I live in Uganda and Turkiye and both countries are my home. Lived in Germany before and I can say, that the end of Europe started because of their bias behavior. Africans do not hate Europeans. They just don't like this hypocrits and are aware of their manner. I can see Turkish constructions and they are nice. Europe, US, China and Russia not slightly honest like Turkiye. Teşekkür Türk dostlarım!

[@Nenet-rj9yr]

Afrika stand up ....enough....rise

[@steppenwolf5956]

Eyvallah afrikali kardesim

[@denizozmen4840]

I am crying❤❤❤

[@susa8401]

Turkey is disturbing the colonializm of Western Countrys in Africa, who sqezed every resource out of them. Well done🇹🇷❤️

[@steppenwolf5956]

Genauso ist es deswegen hassen sie Erdogan, wir lieben ihn gerade deswegen

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

Long live eastern colonialism!

[@mn7486]

Turkey was also a colonizer of Africa. Remember the Ottoman occupation of Africa?

[@ElmasElektronik]

@@mn7486read a book

[@yasintufekci1843]

@@mn7486 Ottoman presence in Africa was neither a colonization nor occupation. You better go and learn before coming up with any claims

[@wzupppp]

Its officially called "Turkiye" nowadays. Very unprofessional of BBC

[@mustafadiriye8736]

BSBBC, WHY never ask what France, Uk &the US doing in Africa?

[@vkuyrukcu]

Stealing ?

[@Nenet-rj9yr]

Putting their dirty nose into everything to make things worse

[@Realite58]

The world need the love and respect culture of the Ottomans. Every language and people is colorful gold❤️

[@hhhson3622]

I am surprised BBC is not trying to defame Türkiye here. extremely rare BBC w

[@vkuyrukcu]

BBC couldn't find evidence like slaughter, slave trade or exploitation of natural resources, otherwise they wouldn't have missed the opportunity to show Türkiye in a bad light.

[@detarminant]

There are very few countries in the world that approach other nations humanely and want to build bridges of friendship, not exploitation. One of them is Türkiye. Hoping that Africa will reach the position it deserves...

[@postyoda1623]

We Turks love our African brethren. We love when we see African countries live in peace with each other and grow and develop. Africa is very diverse and a huge continent with more than 50 countries, a lot of them in top 30 largest countries in the world, with the most diverse and colorful cultural heritage and languages. I would love to travel to many African countries and converse with my African brethren from different backgrounds. 21st century will be Africa's century, mark my words!

[@buruckaya4685]

Greetings from a Turk living in the Horn of Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 :))

[@abdulloxsharipov8197]

At least Turkey doesn’t push destructive liberal agendas in African countries. They support proud African people to be free from the colonial regimes 🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Brocambro1]

Very true visited Africa and was impressed by the infrastructure work that Turks were doing there, they also have a lot of businesses on the continent, I heard that they building amazing luxury real estated communities in Somalia as well, actually flew Turkish airlines, and I noticed the big number of African small business peoples traveling between Turkey and Africa, they slowly taking on China and also heard a lot of praise from Africans about them, because before Africans had a very negative view of middle Eastern people because of the Libanese small businesses who were often very shady, and border line involve with criminal enterprise, but the Turkish are completely erasing that negative image, and according to the locals they are doing much better job than Chinese in term of quality, and aren't competing with the locals as Chinese do..

[@erdaltellipro]

@@elturco69sakin ol abicim öyle bir yer yok zaten. O ingilizin her bölgeyi kedine göre ne tarafta kalıyorsa öyle çağırdığı ad. Biz buraya Anadolu deriz, Türkiye deriz.

[@dibatas6686]

Love from Türkiye 🇹🇷❤🤝🏻🤗

[@bertrecht913]

@@elturco69 It is

[@TufanSaglam]

@@bertrecht913 ´nt

[@umutuludag496]

@Brocambro1 Greetings, i want to say Turks are not Middle Eastern we are Altaic. We were semi-nomadic tribes. By the way if you interested in Turkiye we have Afro-Turks population and they are really talented.("Ahmet Ali Çelikten" was the first black pilot in aviation history.) Best wishes from Türkiye.

[@houzoud2416]

Most Algerian and Tunisian have Turkey origins than Arabian from Arab peninsula.

[@xtramail4909]

They have indigenous African plus origins of the million European slaves they kidnapped during the Barbary slave trade. Don’t forget that we moved on from that instead of whining about it. They kidnapped our ppl and absorbed them into their population.

[@BGpomakTR]

​@@user-bx2ku3ic4kso balkan turks are what? Ne diyon ya 😂 laik türkleri mi kötülüyorsun? Biraz yeri biraz mili ol yaw

[@utku_baloglu]

@@user-bx2ku3ic4klol, nationality itself doesn’t define any kind of religion or political perspective, but conservative people like you don’t even realize that. What we ‘secular’ part hate is that ignorance of people like you. By the way if you still wanna compare the blood anyways, we are the real Turks and you are the ones immigrated from Arabian peninsula during ottoman times. Now go bark somewhere else.

[@Baryshx]

Fenike kökenlidirler.

[@sametkaya3040]

@@user-bx2ku3ic4k”Secular Turks are not Turks” siktir git vatan hayni, being Turkish is not dependant on being Muslim nor is it dependant on our genetic lineage. Do you look like anyone from Kazakhstan? You’re saying Ataturk, the saviour of country, isn’t Turkish.

[@pektezad]

What we are doing in Africa ❓🤔 First we respect them because they're also human like us And most important point is We not drink their bloods 🆎 like europeans

[@aze1392]

As an Azerbaijani with Turkic mindset i love and respect of this unity. I respect Africa and other parts of world raising and becoming strong against Slavery Kings, Colonialists and etc. I respect people having unity against western so called '' Democracy''. We are Human! We have right to live, We have right to do business with who we want, love and respect. If someone will say Turks are racist, I will say Turks have more positive racism to African people. LOVE TURKIC COUNTRIES

[@abdulhadisalk8435]

Turkiyeden selamlar. Azerbaycanli kardeslerimizle birlikte gucluyuz. ✊

[@lost7maverick]

Gözlerinden öperim kardeşim

[@ayushsingh1943]

#First Say no to nikah Halala

[@nostaljiturkce]

Together we are strong

[@arena4656]

Masha Allah Salute to Turkye

[@dibatas6686]

Salute brother or sister,from Türkiye 🇹🇷❤🤝🏻🫂

[@hamoudcreator6343]

What is USA doing in Africa

[@nadinenadine9739]

🍋🍋🍋

[@steppenwolf5956]

Marionettenregierungen installieren und die Länder durch ihre Regierungen ausbeuten

[@qt4everandever63]

What is AFRICA doing in Africa? The sooner Africans and children of Africa (Diaspora) wake up to how they are TRULY viewed and treated in this world by all races and countries the better. Smiling faces and flowery words simply hide their true intentions. Control over African resources and land. They think you are no more than simplistic monkeys. Always have and always will!!!

[@mohamednagi3557]

Stealing

[@ENTERESANBIRSORU]

brings democrasy (!)

[@Asante-9ii]

I am African and we are tired of west partnership, there are a lot of poverty in the UK and Europa, please leave Africa in peace .

[@manderly109]

I agree. Western countries need to focus on their own issues bc we have plenty. We need to get out of other countries and mind our own business, instead of always trying to make ourselves richer somehow

[@Nenet-rj9yr]

​@@manderly109get up africa ...rise.... greetings from Türkiye....we love you

[@dronur6194]

I'm a Turk. I am an Ottoman grandson. We see you Africans as our brothers. We love you. Loves from Turkey. Türkiye will always stand by innocent people.

[@Mr.Zaferr]

Biz Türklerin kimsenin malında canında gözümüz yok sadece ezilen ve sömürülen masum insanların çıkarlarını savunuruz din dil ırk ayırımı yapmayız insanı insan olduğu için severiz ❤️🇹🇷

[@SitzPinkler]

Emin misin bundan? gerçekten kalpten mi söylüyosun?

[@sssmalt]

@@SitzPinkleraksi olsaydı eğer Macarlardan tut Yunanlılara, Ermenilerden tut Araplara kadar herkes Türkçe konuşur ve Sünni müslüman olurdu. Kolonize etmek batının uzmanlık alanıdır.

[@aslimoni_]

​@@SitzPinkler Hayır böbrekten ya da safra kesesinden söylüyor. Tatmin oldun mu?

[@SitzPinkler]

@@aslimoni_ Hayır maalesef olmadım :(

[@suleymansahin5746]

@@aslimoni_ kesin pkk lısın aksini düşüne hiç bir insan görmedim

[@ahobby]

Bravo. I have always been fond of president Erdogan, but I never knew the number of Turkish embassies in Africa DOUBLED to 44 in the past 15 years. That's awesome. We love Africa. Fascinating cultures that deserve flourishing and beautiful countries that deserve deserving friendly nations as allies.

[@abioni]

The Turks are more than 1000 years in africa. Specially in East and North Africa. We love our brothers and sisters in Africa! ❤

[@pyrusheliosmk2204]

Wth! They are not!

[@dibatas6686]

I love all African people ❤⚘🤝🏻🫂🙏🏻 Love and respect from Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@albania881]

Why are Kurds banned and oppressed in your country !?!?

[@saphi328]

I am a kurd, and we are not. We are pretty free.

[@hoidoei8705]

@@albania881wtf are you barking about arnavut pci? In kurd and we are not opressed, western media has brainwashed your albanian brain

[@lowiqqqqq]

​@@albania881No one is oppressed in my country. What are you talking about? Did they fucking brainwash you? ☠️☠️

[@aaronpaloth8301]

@@saphi328lol you are not

[@darkprofile]

In Turkish history colonism never existed. And racism is invented in Europe. In Turkey racism based on skin color never existed. So Turks respect Africans as an equal partners while europeans see Africans as low class assets to use… Africans are happy to cooperate with Turks because first time in history a country see Africans as equal partners in politics and business and support local interests of African people.

[@jimakisspd]

''In Turkish history colonism never existed.'' HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ok Turk......

[@darkprofile]

@@jimakisspd If Turks had colonism you should have been speaking Turkish and fasting in ramadan today. Look at the colonies of spanish english and french countries. Noone is speaking their native language anymore

[@jimakisspd]

@@darkprofile Indians do speak their own language and have Hindu religon, like the Pakistanis who are muslims and don't speak english. They are not Protestants or Roman catholics despite being colonised by them. So by your logic they weren't colonised either.

[@user-ug2wp1gx4p]

The name of my country is not Turkey in English but Türkiye. This was declared in English at the UN, we think that English speakers will understand English. But if they still don't understand, it could be a mental problem like a learning disability.

[@godlessturtle2428]

Same question had been asked to a city director of a Turkish Airlines who has just appointted a new route to/from Istanbul back in 2000s by his counterparts from Lufthansa and Air-France :D. And today Turkish Airlines as a carrier and İstanbul as a hub are biggest gateway to international connection for Africans.

[@JustThe_One]

It is Türkiye not Turkey! "In June 2022, the United Nations agreed to change the spelling of the country known in the English-speaking world as Turkey to Türkiye"

[@romanhama5377]

🦃

[@nduran5958]

👍👏

[@manderly109]

🦃

[@marcinzarebski9089]

United Nations does not govern English language rules.

[@aykutdd1694]

@@marcinzarebski9089 This is our official name and as a serious media publisher BBC must use this word.

[@aj3314]

Big Respect to Turkey and Erdogan

[@eren9001]

Turkey an old ally of Africa against west

[@Leodicapri0]

An Ally Has Been Slain! (Törky)

[@Minposu123]

turks were helping africa since ottoman

[@mrprince5934]

@@Minposu123 they helped the two kingdoms of somalia repel the portugese and they also joined forces with the somalis to save mombasa from the portoguese

[@SimonKHope]

I’ve visited the old ottoman port in massawa many times it’s old and run down and kind of sad that it hasn’t been kept up.. I imagine it was a beautiful city at one time.

[@youme1414]

Why is it sad? Is it because it is no longer used to run slave trade?

[@SimonKHope]

@@youme1414yes that is what makes me sad about things… I appreciate your honesty though sir.

[@dibatas6686]

Massawa? where is the city? Love from Türkiye 🤗❤🇹🇷

[@fatihyaldz5266]

@@youme1414 In the Ottoman Empire, slaves were chosen from Europe

[@Levo_D_Angelo]

@@youme1414 lol our Slaves were white People in the Ottoman empire thats why you are still hating on us 😁😁

[@selahattin9291]

We will develop together with the win-win principle. Turks do not have a colonial, colonial, fascist, imperialist or self-interested past. A more just world is possible. Greetings from Türkiye to the people of Africa.

[@strasbourgeois1]

Turkey does have a colonoal, fascist and imperialist past. The Ottoman Empire and their centries-old systematic genocides of Greeks, Armenians, Georgians, Bulgars, Serbs, Berbers, and their assimilation of Arabs, Ethiopians and Sudanese.

[@abdiresaksaleban845]

absolute you are win -win policy together turkey and africa

[@jimakisspd]

''Turks do not have a colonial, colonial, fascist, imperialist or self-interested past.''' BAHAHAHAHAHA ok Turk.

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

Well French have been killing oppressing and exploiting Africans for years and nobody talked about it. Now Turkey goes to these countries with fair economic deals and they want to go with Turkey instead of French. Yet I have never seen a video about brutalities of French in africa

[@KenanTurkiye]

Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird ''turkey'', well let me explain. :) Name of my country has always been Turkiye, that is Turk-iye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's, spelled to phonetically resemble ''Turkiye'' in different languages, where the -iye suffix means ''land of/belonging to''.... ...just like the Latin suffix -ia in such countries as Latv-ia, Roman-ia, Eston-ia, Austr-ia, Austral-ia etc etc. Another example; decades ago Czechoslovakia Republic changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). Anyways, most likely the Latin -ia suffix was derived from the Turkish version -iye, as Turkish is much much older. Because in old times people of different languages could only pronounce it as their languages allowed them, we got various differences in spelling like Turchia (in Italian), Turquie (in French) and Turkey (in English) all trying to resemble the pronounciation of ''Turk-ia'' thus Turkiye. Mind you this was way BEFORE the animal we currently know as 'turkey'' was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas, the bird was sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so upuntil that they there was no bird named 'turkey'.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird ''Turkey Fowl'' meaning ''Turkish Chicken''..... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), Rhodesian Ridgeback (because it's from Rhodesia), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the Greek Harehound as simply as ''Greek''; or you don't call the British Terrier as ''British''; or the German Shepherd as ''German'', but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just ''turkey'', and has been going on for hundreds of years. Now in 2023, this is causing confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their OWN country on the atlas, this ''confusion over the naming'' needed to be corrected. So my country decided to rectify this confusion that has been going on for so long and corrected the name in other languages to Türkiye, which it always was, we basically didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

[@KenanTurkiye]

🚅 don't you all enjoy railroad 🚈 trams, trains etc are just so cool 🚞 come take a ride in my ''transportation'' folder :)

[@MySmallWorld.]

A short history, language, and geography lesson to the elites of the world..

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@MySmallWorld. :)

[@astronaut5201]

It wouldn't have been explained better.

[@kamer54]

Selam to my african brothers i hope you guys live the way you deserve. Sending love and good wishes

[@drgarad]

Haha, I like this wording @1:50 , The threat to Africa's resource is China and Russia and definitely not France she said, lol.

[@skp8748]

❤❤❤❤ 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 from 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴

[@dibatas6686]

Love from Türkiye 🤗❤🤝🏻🫂🇹🇷

[@trollaccount3872]

I also have somalian friends at collage they are really kind people ❤respect somalia🇸🇴

[@kamilkocabyk1962]

AFRICANS ARE OUR BROTHERS. RESPECT FROM TR

[@dilnesa]

Could you tell us what the UK is doing in Africa too? You might come up with its colonial history. Then how about the USA, China and goes on. Ah, it’s the BBC, my bad!

[@hoidoei8705]

I hope that Africa will one day be free from the colonialist racist European countries that always feel better than other peoples. Africa is a rich continent but unfortunately the Europeans have plundered Africa and are still doing so. Turkey does not do that, Turks treat Africans as human beings. And really try to help and win the hearts of African brothers. I love Africa, their people their nature EVERYTHING, Mama Africa❤❤❤❤

[@msbudmsbud7593]

Actually it is called "Türkiye" meanwhile, not "Turkey" anymore.

[@romanhama5377]

No I heard they changed again today, now it is 🦃 😂

[@user-4xislb]

​@@romanhama5377 What bllsht you're talking on?

[@rabiatr7478]

Actually seeing these kind of relationships isn’t weird cos Africa ,esp North Africa, was part of the Turk- Muslim world and we always ask what are western countries doing in Africa instead Turkiye. As a Turk always I wanna see awareness of African people

[@d.i.a.5392]

As a Turkish, I love Africa and my African friends, my African colleagues. I admire your culture and diversity in the continent. We love you and support you! I hope Africa will prosper forever. ❤❤❤ Love you all!

[@AngelGabriel97808]

Why dont you ask what is USA, UK, France, Germany, Belgium etc doing in Africa?

[@kayddaahr815]

Great nations Turkey 🇹🇷

[@smithnjumbe1325]

Thank you so much for this brief but insightful, comprehensive, and cutting-edge snapshot of Türkiye-African relations. It remains to be seen how the increasingly overlooked but significant relationship between Ankara and African countries will pan out in the medium and long-term future

[@darkstar-net]

Turkiye does not steal resources - they do not have military bases. The one in Somalia is there to train Somali troops to protect their nation from rebels. They invest in ports - airports and try to strengthen their economies. Not many nations if any do this. Turkiye i have no doubt would love to help every African nation but Africa need to support Turkiye. Increase your imports from them. If they get stronger I'm sure Africa will get stronger.

[@uxaines8910]

Go forward my Anatolian turkic brothers, love from 🇰🇬

[@ahmed_munir]

It’s Turkiye not Turkey please.

[@andy4short]

A strong leader indeed. Great to see Erdogan use his power and influence to help African nations rebuild and join the industrialized world.

[@truecomment3650]

Turkey is doing great overall because of their strong and visionary leader and Iam worried who is coming after him because Erdogan can’t stay thé office forever. Remember Africa, every country can be a great country if they get a good leader.

[@Minposu123]

As a Türk myself You can take him we can give him to you if wants

[@truecomment3650]

@@Minposu123 Majority matters, and I don’t think Turkey will get better leader than him soon. Turkey was nothing before him economically, politically and socially. It was a dictator’s prison and today Turkey is supper power because of his policies and vision so look the big picture.❤️

[@atillakaragazi838]

The biggest candidate is Hakan Fidan, the current minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the former head of the Turkish Civil Intelligence, MIT. Under his leadership, MIT was completely reorganized and restructured, and became one of the strongest civil intelligence organization not only in the region but also in the world. During his 10 years at MIT, he learned a lot about internal/external issues of Turkiye. With his current assignment, he is given a chance to show his face to foreign leaders, politicians and diplomats, get to know them at a personal level, and gain the last piece of experience he needed.

[@Minposu123]

@@truecomment3650 yeah a very good super power... I need to work more than 200 years to become a milionere I need to more at least 5 year to buy a car Going other countries to have fun is not even an option But we are a SuPeR pOwEr I think He runied the turkiye

[@brrkbtl]

@@truecomment3650 turkey s economy is now the worst it has ever been. ı mean really really bad. ı m turkish

[@suzukigsxfa9683]

May Allah bless Turkiye and never become corrupt or evil unlike the West.

[@Nenet-rj9yr]

And saudi arabia

[@elicabbarov5741]

The name is not Turkey it is Turkiye

[@edillemirancuk2609]

Türkiye

[@pakistani_knight]

Respect Turkye frm Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️🇹🇷🦃

[@Yelkovan58209]

Bak beni sinirlendirme senin bize yaptığın saygısızlıktır başka bir şey değil senin saygına ihtiyacımız yok 🇵🇰=🐐🐐🐐

[@dijitalgocebe]

As a Turkish we love to support the continent. We are not like Belgium or any other Western countries.

[@harunizi7506]

When the Ottoman Empire began to lose its power, in 1830, France invaded Algeria. This invasion marked the beginning of France's occupations in North Africa. Today, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria still consider themselves somewhat French. They consume French cuisine, speak French as a necessity, and operate their mines for the benefit of France. Due to some people waking up from their deep slumbers, the world's largest Ponzi scheme of fiat currencies seems to be coming to an end. America and Europe are on the brink of a financial crisis, hence they anticipate a new war in the world. This is to erase debts due to interest and to lull societies back to sleep. During the First World War, one million African soldiers fought in the French army, similar to the way the British used Indian slaves. Today, it is not surprising to see them strategically bringing a Zionist Indian to lead for the purpose of persuading India against China. I hope the whole world truly opens its eyes...

[@kidsgarden2200]

Long live Erdogan, ❤❤

[@Mr.Nafri_]

Go Turkey Africa Need's you and You Need Africa!!!

[@onlyytb4204]

African ppl are authentic! ❤ 🇹🇷

[@merve2307]

As a Turkish I love African people ❤

[@abdihassan9239]

TURKIYE🤎🤎🤎🤍🤍🖤🖤💜💜💜💙💙💚💚💛🧡🧡🧡🧡❤❤❤❤❤

[@Greem4n]

Good job Türkiye. Erdogan is a special leader.

[@romanhama5377]

Yes couldn't agree more, the work he has done for the turkish economy is remarkable indeed. Very special man.

[@Greem4n]

@@romanhama5377 Higher GDP per capita does not increase anyone's humanity. They are unrelated. Proof: Eu, us. Btw: before Erdoğan, Türkiye's GDP per capita to ppp was lower than $15k. Now it is about $33k. 2 times larger. Structural fluctuations may be seen everywhere.

[@adkemuuse3645]

@@romanhama5377 may be he could not do that issue well , but in order to say something bad about him you resort to the week economy while the video was about something else . says a lot about you. and for a may be european who are having difficult time watching the video and reading the comments of how much this is as opposed to history of the europeans at the continet. so it is understandable to look for something outside of the topic

[@marcinzarebski9089]

Oh yes, a muslim dictator with backwards conservative and at the same time imperialistic ideas... very "special" indeed :/

[@Greem4n]

@@marcinzarebski9089 He is a democratically elected leader. You have to respect. You call everyone you don't like a dictator. :) We also see you as sheep.

[@TuneinR]

Silly question from a silly broadcasting machine!

[@peterclarke7240]

How is it a silly question?

[@TuneinR]

@@peterclarke7240 because you are equally silly like the broadcaster.Hope that helps.

[@peterclarke7240]

@@TuneinR Is that the extent of your ability to form a rational opinion? Are you quite young? Is your mum there? Or just any adult that I could talk to?

[@TuneinR]

@@peterclarke7240 🤣🤣🤣🤣 silly comment.

[@mohamedhussein4124]

@@peterclarke7240silly infidel

[@Ganja1974]

Greetings from USA to all Turkey fan!

[@mitchidis]

When shall we also give our expertise to the west and other regions of the world. Or Did we just come to this world to observe? I smell foul play

[@nobs997]

Unfortunately, your last sentence is how we Africans are hardwired

[@mitchidis]

@@nobs997 so tell us why then?

[@nobs997]

@@mitchidis Because we are hardwired to

[@ardacelik9670]

As a Turkish young man, I can say that we are suffering very much economically. We are suffering from corruption. We are suffering from false religion dogma. We are suffering from inefficient administration. We are getting poorer day by day and struggle more to sustain our life standards each year. Let it be known that we are sacrificing a lot to help Africa and Middle East, I hope it is going to worth it.

[@ERDIGULER-mt3cb]

Bu dediklerin yönetimden mi yoksa üretmek yerine al satı tercih eden toplumdanmıdır ?

[@ardacelik9670]

Yönetimden tabi ki, nereye baksan dolandırıcılık, mafya, kara para aklama, rüşvet, zimmet, yolsuzluk, hırsızlık. Başı da yönetim çekiyor. Ama dindar nesil yetişti hamdolsun@@ERDIGULER-mt3cb

[@victoraugustusonyango8463]

Why are you still calling the country Turkey?? Surely, as the BBC you must know that's like calling Eswatini as Swaziland....

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

Both names the same as their former names.

[@Geckotr]

Bcs they can't pronounce it right. Western languages don't have the letter "ü". I'm Turkish, we don't mind it that much

[@l258l]

Short answer: We're not exploiting Africa like france, belgium, germany, china, england. Just for mutual business. Long answer: We're not exploiting Africa like france, belgium, germany, china, england. Just for mutual business.

[@ridvanyavuz5030]

Imperialists go home , brother Turkey welcome back.

[@nomadybb1-66er7]

Garip gelebilir ama sizi seviyoruz ülkenizde hür ve sömürülmeden yaşamanızı temmeni ediyoruz

[@juvenaldasilva413]

Top

[@haskeke8154]

❤

[@UgurBastan]

As a Turk, I can say that we do not aim to gain any benefit from Africa. We are against the fact that the French and the British are still exploiting African lands in this age, and that Africa is still poor because of its puppet rulers, despite its underground and aboveground riches. We were only able to recover our country in 80-90 years after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. While we were previously cursing injustice in our hearts, now we are fighting with all our might. We love African people because they are human, regardless of their religion. And we want them to live with human dignity. And we want African lands to make their own people rich, not to make European states richer. We never colonized during the Ottoman Empire. We have done more infrastructure work than the taxes we collect on the lands we manage. Except for the Turkish territory where today's Turks live, there are hospitals, schools, bridges, roads, etc. with Ottoman constructions everywhere in the empire, but there was nothing the Ottomans did in Anatolia other than taking taxes and soldiers. We are now strong as a military force. And although our national income is low and our economy is in crisis, we are the country that helps other countries and those in need the most in the world. We are doing our best to save Africa from the system of exploitation. This order cannot be destroyed suddenly, we want to achieve this step by step. Greetings from Turkey to all our oppressed African brothers.

[@Mergen9999]

Love and greetings to all our African brothers and sisters from Istanbul Türkiye.

[@enverylmaz7561]

I share very nice conversations with many African friends at my university every day and they are honest and hardworking people who never disrespect, especially my best friend is from Mali and I will go there one day. Evinize Hoşgeldiniz ( Welcome To Homeland )

[@dsmvfl363]

This is relationship is beautiful, the Muslim world is healing.

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

Love Africa from 🇹🇷

[@OsmanUzun-fr1zt]

So proud of my homeland Turkiye, from Turkish-American.🐺 🇹🇷. I will do everything to make my country more & more powerful. Ne mutlu Türküm diyene