Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency
Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı
Agency overview
Formed1992
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
Employees760
Annual budget2.612.491.000 TL (2024)
Agency executives
  • Serkan Kayalar, President
  • Naci Yorulmaz, Vice President
Parent departmentMinistry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)
Websitehttps://www.tika.gov.tr/en

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (Turkish: Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon İdaresi Başkanlığı, TİKA) is a government department subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey). Focusing on development cooperation, TİKA works in more than 150 countries. It also goes by the name Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency. TİKA is responsible for the organization of the bulk of Turkey's official development assistance to developing countries, with a particular focus on Turkic and African countries and communities. According to the OECD, 2020 official development assistance from Turkey increased by 1.2% to US$8 billion. As of January 2022, TİKA has undertaken 30,000 projects worldwide.