ANKARA
According to Foreign Ministry figures, Turkey opened 27 new embassies in the last decade, and 19 of them are in African countries.
These embassies are in Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Uganda, Angola, Madagascar, Zambia, Mozambique, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Gambia, Niger, South Sudan, Namibia, Gabon, Burkina Faso.
Turkey's exports to Africa were up by seven-folds between 2001 and 2011 to 10.3 billion USD from 1.5 billion USD.
Moreover, Turkey established business councils with Angola, Ghana and Uganda in the mentioned period.
(Reporting by Sumeyye Dalkilinc/Mucahid Eker)
