Formation and development of the foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey with the Turkic-speaking states of Central Asia

• Farkhad Linarovich Gumarov Institute of International Relations, Kazan Federal University
• Marat Zufarovich Galiullin Institute of international relations, Kazan Federal University
• Luiza Kajumovna Karimova Institute of International Relations, Kazan Federal University
• Elvira Imbelevna Kamaletdinova Kazan Federal University

Keywords: International relations, geopolitical regional studies, Turkey's foreign policy, Central Asia, strategic vision

Abstract

So far, the country has not had an official document defining the concept of foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey. The relevance of the problem under study lies in the need to define modern approaches to the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Turkey with respect to Central Asian States. The objective of this article is to analyses the evolution of Turkish foreign policy towards Turkish-speaking states since the early 1990swhile determining the role and importance of these states to Turkey. Historical-genetic and chronological methods have been used as tools to support historical study. The historical and genetic method allows to track the dissemination and consistent of changes in the object of this study. In addition, the method of research and presentation of chronological problems contributes to consistent coverage of the peculiarities of significant events of regional and international importance. The study revealed a tendency to transform Turkey's policy towards The Turkish-speaking states of Central Asia, since the collapse of the Soviet Union

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