TURKEY’S POLICY IN POST-SOVIET ASIA: APPROACHES, INSTITUTIONS, PROSPECTS
https://doi.org/10.12345/2311-6412_2021_2_25
Abstract
The article analyzes the history, current state and main directions and prospects of the development of the influence of the Republic of Turkey in the republics of Central Asia. The impact of various institutions created by Ankara in different years to expand and deepen partnership with the countries of the region is assessed. The main elements of the Turkish “soft power” in Central Asia are considered. The ongoing global economic and geopolitical transformations create a wide field for various options for the development of Turkish policy in the Central Asian region.
Keywords
Turkey,
Ankara,
Erdogan,
Central Asia,
Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan,
neoottomanism,
panturkism,
soft power,
Russia
About the Author
A. V. Grozin
Institute of the CIS countries; Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
GROZIN Andrey V. – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Head of Central Asia and Kazakhstan Department of Institute of the CIS countries, Senior Researcher of Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences
2/1 Melnikov Ave., Khimki, Moscow region, 141410
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Grozin A.V. TURKEY’S POLICY IN POST-SOVIET ASIA: APPROACHES, INSTITUTIONS, PROSPECTS. Post–Soviet Continent. 2021;(2):25-48. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.12345/2311-6412_2021_2_25
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