Egypt–Turkey relations
bilateral relations between Turkey and Egypt
Egypt and Turkey are bound by strong religious, cultural and historical ties, but diplomatic ties between the two have remained extremely friendly at times and extremely strained at others. For three centuries, Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire, whose capital was Istanbul in modern-day Turkey, despite governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, waging war against the Ottoman sultan, Mahmud II, in 1831.
Prior to that both modern-day Egypt & Turkey were part of the Roman Empire which covered the territories of both modern-day states.
Turkey established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1925 at the level of charge d' affaires and upgraded its mission in Cairo to ambassadorial level in 1948. Both countries have embassies and consulate generals in each other's capitals. Both countries signed a free trade agreement in December 2005. Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. A natural gas deal between Egypt and Turkey—the largest joint Egyptian-Turkish project to date, estimated to cost $4 billion—is being implemented. On 16 April 2008, Egypt and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding to improve and further military relations and cooperation between the two countries.
Relations however have been quite tense on many occasions in the history of both countries including the Nasser era in Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s.
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