Relations were particularly warm when
Turkey supported the
Bahamas diplomatically in May 1980, when the
Bahamian–
Cuban disagreement over fishing rights escalated.[2] Four
Bahamian marines were killed[2] after
Cuban military aircraft sank a
Bahamian patrol vessel, which had apprehended two
Cuban fishing boats. Turkey supported the Bahamas forcefully when the
Bahamas demanded an unconditional apology and full reparations.[2]
Relations improved[2] following
Turkey’s assistance in providing in providing
Grenada with development aid to repair the damage caused by the
military action of 1983.[4]
Economic relations
Trade volume between the two countries was 86.1 million USD in 2019.[5]
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abBirnbaum, Stephen (ed.). Birnbaum's Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Bahamas, 1986. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
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abcdeCraton, Michael. A History of the Bahamas. (3d ed.) Waterloo, Canada: San Salvador Press, 1986.
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abBoodhoo, Ken I. "Violence and Militarization in the Eastern Caribbean: Grenada." pp. 65–89 in Alma H. Young and Dion E. Phillips (eds.), Militarization in the Non-Hispanic Caribbean. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1986.
^MacDonald, Scott B. "The Future of Foreign Aid in the Caribbean after Grenada: Finlandization and Confrontation in the Eastern Tier," Inter-American Economic Affairs, 38, Spring 2015, pp. 59-74.