Turkey's relations with Ghana have been abuzz with activity, especially since the opening of a Turkish Embassy in Ghana in early 2010. The interaction has been rich, with a growing presence of Turkish people, products, technology and social intervention constantly seen in Ghana.There remains significant room to engagement between the two countries, however. Turkish investors are yet to discover the dynamics of tapping into the true value potential available in Ghana, or Africa as a whole for that matter. The Ghanaian government and entrepreneurs are yet to properly optimally tailor information on available opportunities in Ghana for the consumption of the Turkish investor.It is in relation to the latent potential of the yet-to-be-tapped socio-economic engagement that it is necessary for an increased and enriched socio-economic partnership that is based on a collaboration to mutually seek to understand each other better and, through such an understanding, carve out value-enhancing relationships that can unearth the latent potential.In the short period within which Ghana and Turkey have established strong bilateral relations Turkish investors have come to feel quite at home in Ghana. They have in the very short time setup businesses that are doing well and they have found in Ghana a home away from home. This tendency will bode well for developing strong and lasting partnerships and must be encouraged.The next stage in strengthening Ghanaian-Turkish relations is work toward an active program that to enhance mutual understanding of the dynamics of each country and to identify areas of collaboration through which both countries can benefit each other. Turkey and Turkish investors are used to dealing in countries where the nature of doing business is quite streamlined, allowing easy business facilitation. From the Turkish investor perspective, what they see as being offered is usually not to international standards, but Ghanaian entrepreneurs usually lack the necessary capacity to develop a project to the desired international level even though the project is real and has the desired potential.Going forward then, there is the need for a paradigm shift where parties from Ghana and Turkey are able to collaborate based on a new understanding modeled more on venture capitalism and a philosophy of profit and loss sharing. The special needs of Ghanaian investor require a localized response that do not compromise standards, customized in a way as to realize the potential that there is.The Turkish achievement in industrialization is commendable and is a model that Ghana can learn from as well as leverage. The desire of Turkey to extend its reach into emerging markets offers an opportunity for programs to create avenues for practical and first-hand experience with Turkish products in order to sell Turkish technology in these relatively new markets. In this regard, we can, for example, look into having vocational programs in Ghana that would use certified Turkish products for training.The development of a jointly managed industrial center to be manned by experts on both Turkey and Ghana while working to promote Turkish products in Ghana is another concept that is looking to be developed. A concept of this nature has already been proposed to some Turkish entities with land being offered as equity in the venture. The land is appropriately located on the Trans-West African Highway and would make the work of the center accessible to other West African countries as well.It is also a worthwhile idea for a Turkish language learning center to be promoted in Ghana to further help push Turkey's efforts. Such a center will aim to have similar effect as the British Council has for Britain, Goethe Institute for Germany and the Ecole Francaise for France.Ghana and Turkey are making positive strides in their bilateral relations but there is room for significantly more engagement for a mutually satisfactory outcome. To achieve this there must be a concerted effort for active, planned and strategic programs.