{"id":11052,"date":"2026-09-30T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:27:29","slug":"presentation-of-letter-of-credence-her-excellency-ms-halime-ebru-demircan-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary-of-the-republic-of-turkiye-to-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/presentation-of-letter-of-credence-her-excellency-ms-halime-ebru-demircan-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary-of-the-republic-of-turkiye-to-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of Letter of Credence: Her Excellency Ms. Halime Ebru Demircan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye to Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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President Gokhool and new T\u00fcrkiye Ambassador explore avenues to strengthen bilateral relations.<\/div><\/div>
Her Excellency Ms. Halime Ebru Demircan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye to Mauritius, with residence in Antananarivo, Madagascar, presented her Letter of Credence to His Excellency President Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K., at the State House this afternoon.<\/div><\/div>
She was accompanied by Mr. Sel\u00e7uk Mert, Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of T\u00fcrkiye<\/div>
in Antananarivo, and Mr. Ashwani Sood, Honorary Consul of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye in Mauritius.<\/div><\/div>
President Gokhool and Ambassador Demircan reviewed the longstanding and cordial bilateral relations between Mauritius and T\u00fcrkiye, formally established in 1976, and exchanged views on avenues to further strengthen cooperation.<\/div><\/div>
Discussions covered trade and investment, including opportunities for greater engagement between the Economic Development Board (EDB) and its Turkish counterparts, as well as development cooperation through the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T\u0130KA).<\/div><\/div>
Both sides also took stock of ongoing discussions towards a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, while noting the existing Mauritius-T\u00fcrkiye Free Trade Agreement, in force since 2013.<\/div><\/div>
Tourism and air connectivity were also discussed, with the role of Turkish Airlines in strengthening links between the two countries highlighted. Visa facilitation was also raised as a possible avenue to further facilitate exchanges.<\/div><\/div>
The Head of State and Ambassador Demircan further discussed education, including opportunities to expand access for Mauritian students to the T\u00fcrkiye Scholarships programme.<\/div><\/div>
Potential areas for further cooperation include the blue economy, climate change and disaster management, as well as culture and film, with T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s internationally recognised film and television industry also discussed as an avenue for cultural exchange.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Gokhool and new T\u00fcrkiye Ambassador explore avenues to strengthen bilateral relations.Her Excellency Ms. Halime Ebru Demircan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye to Mauritius, with residence in Antananarivo, Madagascar, presented her Letter of Credence to His Excellency President Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K., at the State House this afternoon.She was accompanied by Mr. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_bluesky_share_type":"default","_mastodon_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-11052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11052"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11084,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions\/11084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}