Turks and Caicos Islands, UK
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Published Date: 20 February 2025
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
Turks and Caicos Islands, UK
Distance from Turks and Caicos Islands to UK: 6,862 Km (Straight line distance Capital-to-Capital in Km, Map Developers)
Turks and Caicos Islands has been a British colony since 1874, still, in mid-20th century, Turks and Caicos Islands were under the control of the British colony Bahamas, but when the Bahamas became independence in 1973, the Turks and Caicos Islands have became again an independent British colony. In 1982, Turks and Caicos Islands has started the process of becoming independence country, but the process did not progress until today, so Turks and Caicos Islands has the status of a British Overseas Territory namely, the British Governor acted as the Head of State of Turks and Caicos Islands, still, Turks and Caicos Islands has an elected First Chief Minister that acted as the head of the local government. Besides, Turks and Caicos Islands has an elected local parliament.
Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands: Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam (since June 2023)
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (First Chief Minister): Charles Washington Misick (since February 2021)
Government of Turks and Caicos Islands https://gov.tc/
Population
Source: Worldmeter
Source: World Bank
One of the Prominent Religious Sites in the Country
Kew Town Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands
Key Figures of the Territory, Global Position, Alliances, and 2024 Global Survival Rank (GSR)
Global Survival Rank by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Yearly Rank to Compare the Global Political Power among Countries to Survive Long Conflicts and Wars at the Military Level and Economic Level Global Survival Rank by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/global-survival-rank-zrb
Monitoring Alliances by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Monitoring Military, Political, Economic and Trade Alliances that Have an Impact on Global Order and Geopolitics Monitoring Alliances by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/monitoring-alliances
Key Figures of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
Source: The Observatory of Economic Complexity
Profile
Turks and Caicos Islands - BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20252929
Turks and Caicos Islands - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Turks-and-Caicos-Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands - UNCTAD https://unctadstat.unctad.org/CountryProfile/GeneralProfile/en-GB/796/index.html
Interview with the Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands
Research Papers and Research Books
Beyond sun, sand and sea: The emergent tourism programme in the Turks and Caicos Islands Cameron, C. M., & Gatewood, J. B. (2008). Beyond sun, sand and sea: The emergent tourism programme in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 3(1), 55-73.
The Turks and Caicos Islands Sealey, K. S., Wood, K., & Logan, A. (2019). The Turks and Caicos Islands. In World seas: An environmental evaluation (pp. 617-635). Academic Press.
The reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands Logan, A., & Sealey, K. S. (2013). The reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories, 97-114.
The Turks and Caicos Islands: Why does the cloud still hang? Clegg, P. (2012). The Turks and Caicos Islands: Why does the cloud still hang?. Social and economic studies, 23-47.
Community perceptions link environmental decline to reduced support for tourism development in small island states: A case study in the Turks and Caicos Islands Robinson, D., Newman, S. P., & Stead, S. M. (2019). Community perceptions link environmental decline to reduced support for tourism development in small island states: A case study in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Marine Policy, 108, 103671.
Anemia in the Turks and Caicos Islands Maitland, T. E. (2007). Anemia in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Ethnicity & Disease, 17(2), 313-319.
Evidence for a sea level fall during the last interglacial highstand on West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Fouke, K. W., & Kerans, C. (2024). Evidence for a sea level fall during the last interglacial highstand on West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39(8), e2024PA004879.
Employment and Earnings Disparity: A Comparison of “Belongers” and “Non-Belongers” in the Turks and Caicos Islands Peters, A. C. (2022). Employment and Earnings Disparity: A Comparison of “Belongers” and “Non-Belongers” in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In Contemporary Issues Within Caribbean Economies (pp. 109-132). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Social (In) Justice for Small-Scale Fisherfolk in the Turks and Caicos Islands: Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Tax Haven Calosso, M. C., & Claydon, J. A. (2022). Social (In) Justice for Small-Scale Fisherfolk in the Turks and Caicos Islands: Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Tax Haven. In Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy (pp. 55-73). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Historical Background and Historical Perspective
The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History Mills, C. M., & Mills, D. L. V. (2022). The Turks and Caicos Islands: Our Heritage, Our History. iUniverse.
Negotiating on the margins of a margin: the US withdrawal from the Turks and Caicos Islands, 1975–1983 Brown, S. A. (2023). Negotiating on the margins of a margin: the US withdrawal from the Turks and Caicos Islands, 1975–1983. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 21(3), 174-196.
The development and extinction of Lucayan society Keegan, W. F. (1992). The development and extinction of Lucayan society. Terrae Incognitae, 24(1), 43-53.
Lucayan remains on the Caicos Islands De Booy, T. (1912). Lucayan remains on the Caicos Islands. American Anthropologist, 14(1), 81-105.
“For there is no rock”: Lucayan stone celts from The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Ostapkowicz, J., Schulting, R. J., & Davies, G. R. (2023). “For there is no rock”: Lucayan stone celts from The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 70, 101504.
National Bird
Brown pelican
