Welcome Message

2024

Dear Friends, Colleagues and fellow South African citizens,

Welcome to the official website of the South African Embassy in Turkey. This website serves to promote South Africa's interest and facilitate government to government and people to people, and business to business relations with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Similarly, we seek to promote trade and investment relations (economic relations) and to provide consular assistance.

Throughout your tour of this website, you will find a wealth of information on the Republic of South Africa, a country of rich cultural diversity offering unlimited opportunities in trade, investment, human capital and tourism.

In 1994, South Africa managed to end apartheid rule and introduced a new constitutional order, wherein all work towards building a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous society has been successfully established. Read More..

Paul Mashatile Deputy President Official edited

PAUL MASHATILE
Deputy President
of the Republic of South Africa

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
President
of the Republic of South Africa

RONALD LAMOLA
Minister
of the Republic of South Africa

Turkish nationals are exempted for Visa for a period of 30 days for touristic, official and business visit. They must hold a return ticket and letter of invitation if applicable.

CLOSURE OF THE EMBASSY

Please be informed that The South Africa Embassy will be closed from 25 December 2024 to 01 January 2025. The Mission

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NOTICE: CLIENTS OF THE SA EMBASSY

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South Africa Vote Day in Türkiye

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Update3-SA National Elections 2024

The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) of South Africa advised that process of registration of South African

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Key Highlights

For South Africa, December is #ReconciliationMonth2024. This years commemoration is held under the theme: “Healing Historical Wounds and Forging New Futures”. #ForgingNewFutures

Quote of the Month

“Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression… Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man and the liberty of the child.”.
- Nelson Mandela

Joke of the Month

Comedy of errors

A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send a mail to his wife. He accidentally...

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