[2] This changed quickly after the public outcry in Turkey and other countries over harsh labor practices and atrocities committed against Congolese, who lived in a humiliatingly strict system of segregation, by the Belgians.

[2] King Leopold II of Belgium would go on personally owning the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

[2] Following independence, Turkey was one of the first to establish diplomatic relations with DR Congo.

[3] Turkey, through mainly TIKA launched many programs, worth US$ 137 million in economic aid during the next 30 years.

[3] Despite its stance against coups d’état, Turkey quickly recognized the Mobutu Sese Seko government, following the United States on November 24, 1965.