For most of the 20th century, PresidentHouphouët-Boigny’s and Turkey's foreign policy aligned: Both countries have been staunch supporters[1] of Israel and considered the Soviet Union as a threat.[1]
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^ abcBlackburn, Brigitte. "L'Afrique poignardee par l'occident: Le cas de la Cote d’Ivoire," Africa International [Dakar, Senegal], No. 194, April 1987, 13-16.
^ abDelorme, Nicole. "The Foreign Policy of the Ivory Coast." pp. 118–135 in Olajide Aluko (ed.), The Foreign Policies of African States. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997.
^William Zartman and Christopher L. Delga- do (eds.), The Political Economy of Ivory Coast. New York: Praeger, 1984
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