African Union Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Africa–Turkey relations === Turkey–Africa relations have gained substantial momentum since the declaration of Turkey as a strategic partner of the continent by the African Union in January 2008. Since 2008, various major summits and meetings have been taking place between Turkey and AU. The first summit was The Turkey–Africa Cooperation summit, Istanbul in August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-and-the-african-union.en.mfa|title=From Rep. Of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=27 May 2021|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020032410/https://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-and-the-african-union.en.mfa|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2020, Turkey has embassies in 42 countries and commercial counselors in 26 countries on the Africa continent. Turkey's national flag carrier [[Turkish Airlines]] also flies to 35 destinations on the continent. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page