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Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:48

The Dawn of Turan: Eurasian Opportunity and Challenge for Turkey

By Halil Karaveli

 

February 15, 2022

 

Turkey is eager to exploit the opportunity to enhance its influence among the Turkicpeoples of Central Asia, and sees the “emergence of a new geostrategic force in the heartof Eurasia.” But it wants to avoid provoking a reaction from Russia, preferring to advancepan-Turkism without the grandiose rhetoric of the 1990s, and professing a faith inEurasian multilateralism that in appearance defers to Russia. Yet this may change. Ultimately,how assertive Turkey will become in Central Asia depends on how wounded Russiawill emerge from the Ukraine war.

 

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