Kazakhstan and Turkey signed the Declaration of Eternal Friendship and Extended Strategic Partnership during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’'s official visit to Astana’ on Thursday. The two countries set a bilateral trade target of €13 billion and deepened cooperation in the defense, energy, transport and digital sectors.
Kazakhstan has followed what it describes as a multi-vector foreign policy that simultaneously balances its relations with Russia, China, the West and Turkey.
Tokayev defined Turkey ’ as the ’altın bridge connecting Europe and Asia “ and determined the course of the negotiations.
Thanks to your balanced and forward-thinking policy, Ankara“'s influence on the global stage continues to grow steadily, ’ said.
Tokayev, “Turkey, with its strong economy and respectable diplomacy, the ’altın bridge that connects Europe with Asya‘ and the entire Turkish world is considered ’.
Erdogan was also awarded the newly established Order of Koca Ahmet Yasavi, named after a Turkish Sufi sufi sufi and poet who lived in the 12th century, and became the first recipient of this Order.
Tokayev noted that this honor is of “der's symbolic importance. Erdogan recognized this as a symbol of respect for the Turkish people and brotherhood between the two nations.
The two presidents co-chaired the 6th meeting of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council, as well as the bilateral business forum. Erdogan stressed the importance of achieving the €13 billion trade target, which is almost three times the current bilateral trade levels.
In order to achieve this goal, we consider it important to ensure the implementation of the 67-point Action Plan adopted at the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation, “, held in Astana’ on April 15, ’ said.
Binary trading approx %9 increased to over 4.5 billion Euro’. KazakhstanAbout 4,000 Turkish companies operate in ’, and Ankara is among the country's five largest trading partners.
Ankara’'s investment in Kazakhstan’ exceeds 5 billion euros, while Kazakhstan’'s investment in Turkey’ exceeds 2 billion euros.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin said that 100 investment projects worth approximately 3.5 billion euros have been completed and 50 investment projects of a similar amount are on the way. Kazakhstan aims to increase Turkey's ’ye exports to approximately 573 million Euro’ye.
Tokayev expressed confidence in further growth. The partnership between the financial centers and digital trading platforms of both countries will foster deeper commercial and economic relations, “ said.
Agricultural trade last year with Turkish companies investing in wheat processing and greenhouse complexes %It increased by 25 to almost 327 million Euro’. Kazakhstan proposes 2026-2028 roadmap for agricultural cooperation.
In terms of transportation, Tokayev reiterated his plans to expand the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route connecting China’i to ’ via Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
According to Tokayev ’, railway transportation between the two countries increased by 35 percent this year and road transportation by 5 percent.
“We agreed to enhance the potential of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route through the implementation of a number of projects,” he said, calling on Turkish investors to increase participation via Aktau and Kuryk ports.
In Kazakhstan, TAV Airports Holding ’in Almaty stated that it supports the construction of an international airport in ’, and Erdoğan welcomed the offer.
In the energy sector, Kazakhstan, Turkey Petroleum Joint Stock Company welcomed ’'s plans to enter the Kazakhstan market. Tokayev invited Turkish companies to participate in mining projects, citing their expertise in metal, processing and lithium production.
The declaration was accompanied by a series of bilateral agreements covering legal aid, cultural centers, investment protection, oil and gas cooperation, UAV production, training, publishing and financial center cooperation.
On the digital side, Kaspi.kz’ is expected to support Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada’, while Freedom Holding Corp is expanding its digital and brokerage services in Turkey’.
The visit took place ahead of the informal summit of the leaders of the Organization of Turkic States on 15 May’ta Turkistan’da “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development”.
Established in 2009, OTS also groups Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and Uzbekistan ’, Hungary and Turkmenistan ’ as observers.
While Turkey unofficially leads the organization, Kazakhstan provides the largest economy after Turkey ’. Russia and China are not members.
The visit comes at a time when ’'s war in Ukraine has disrupted traditional land trade routes between Europe and Asia, with Central Asian states accelerating efforts to diversify partnerships and reduce economic dependence on Moscow’.
