[2] The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made a visit to Turkey in 2011 while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Colombia on 10 February 2015.

[3] Colombia receives a sixth of Turkey's exports in Latin America, being the third country in terms of bilateral trade volume.

Colombia and Turkey signed an agreement for trade cooperation in 2006.

[2] The negotiations for the signing of a free trade agreement also continued.

Turkish Petroleum International Company at the Regional Office for South America began operations in 2008 in Bogotá.