Organization of Turkic States: Diverse Motivations For A Common Aim

Authors : Merve Erkan Aydın, Yi Liu

Pages : 35-54

Doi:10.26650/siyasal.2024.33.1363769

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Publication Date : 2024-04-19

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was established to strengthen relations and increase cooperation between Turkicspeaking countries. The roots of the organization, which has the capacity to influence the balance of power in its geography, date back to the early 1990s, when the Turkic republics in Central Asia and the Caucasus declared their independence. The process, which started with the Presidential Summits held for the first time in 1992, has undergone transformations over time and has taken its current form. As in every organization, the motivations of member states have been effective in the mentioned transformations. This study aims to reveal the political, economic, and cultural motivations of the member states towards the OTS. In this context, firstly, information will be given about the emergence, transformations, structure, goals, and cooperation areas of the organization. Afterward, the motivations of the organization’s leading actors (Türkiye and Kazakhstan) and other members (Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan) will be examined in two subsections. In this study, in which a comparative analysis method was adopted, scientific data, books, articles, internet resources, official documents, and reports were used. The main argument of the study is that economic and political expectations come to the fore in the interest of member states to the organization, and cultural motivations play an encouraging role in the realization of these expectations.
Keywords : Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı, Türk Cumhuriyetleri, Orta Asya, Kazakistan, Türkiye