ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER, cilt.18, sa.72, ss.87-102, 2021 (SSCI)
Evaluation of II. Wilhelm and Theodor Heuss Visit to Turkey from the
Perspective of Economic Diplomacy
ABSTRACT
Economic diplomacy includes the efforts of countries to express the view that that the country has a reliable
economic environment in the eyes of other countries as well as to protect their own economic interests. Highlevel visits are important in terms of showing the positive relations between the two countries and showing
the efficiency of the country that made these visits at regional and global level. The first high-level official visits
between Germany and Turkey were realized during the Ottoman period under the leadership of Wilhelm II.
However, during the Republican period, the first presidency level visit from Germany to Turkey was realized
with the visit of German Federal President Theodor Heuss. Purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effect
of economic and political relations between the two countries in terms of both the visit of II. Wilhelm to the
Ottoman Empire and the visit of Federal President Theodor Heuss for Turk