Before the 1990s split, Turkey held close but also tense relations with Czechoslovakia, specifically during the Cold War due to NATO and the rest of Europe pushing and supporting anti-communist sentiment and approach for its members, such as Turkey, towards Eastern Bloc (Warsaw Pact) countries of which Czechoslovakia was a part of.

Relations were more damaged during the Cold War because of Czechoslovakia's alignment within the Warsaw Pact, and its alignment against Israel[6] in the Middle East, which was Turkey's closest ally and partner in that region, specially against the Arab and communist nations.

[4] In 1993, Turkey formally recognized both the Slovakia and Czech Republic as separate, sovereign states.

[1] NATO and the EU, both of which Slovakia has been a member of since 2004, are the two main organizations at which Turkey and the Slovak Republic collaborate closely within.

Turkey fully supported Slovakia's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 29 March 2004.