Tunisia–Turkey relations

Tunisian–Turkish relations are foreign relations between Tunisia and Turkey. Tunisia has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate-general in Istanbul. Turkey has an embassy in Tunis. Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. The countries have had strong ethnic and cultures ties since the Ottoman colonization(This is not a correct term since Ottomans did not colonize their subjects as European imperialist nations did in the 18th-19th centuries.) of Tunisia starting in the early 16th century. Due to several centuries of at least nominal Ottoman control of Tunisia, as much as 25% of Tunisians are at least partially of creole Turkish descent.