East Timor–Turkey relations

East Timor–Turkey relations are the foreign relations between East Timor and Turkey. The Turkish ambassador in Jakarta, Indonesia is also accredited to East Timor since 2003.

Turkey and East Timor cooperate through the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, where Turkey became an Associate Observer.

Diplomatic Relations
Turkey has assisted East Timor under the Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente government in developing agriculture. Even though improving agricultural productivity is a stated priority for the government, only 2% of the government budget has been allocated to agriculture.

In response to the lack of support for agricultural development, Turkey has initially cooperated with Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili, by providing food to south-eastern districts during a drought in January 2005. Following this assistance, Turkey, cooperating with the United Nations, started initiatives including rehabilitation and reconstruction of irrigation systems, introduction of water harvesting techniques, wider distribution of improved seeds of cereal crops, fruits and vegetables, livestock health, aquaculture projects, and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources.

Economic Relations

 * Trade volume between the two countries was negligible in 2019.