Abstract
Turkey was the first state to recognize the independence of Turkic countries that separated from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Common historical and cultural ties encouraged the late President Turgut Özal to establish TİKA to contribute to the development process of these countries. Turkey’s cooperation in Central Asia and Caucasia later evolved into a multidimensional framework during Erdoğan’s time in office. This framework is principally centered on reinforcing regional collaboration, development, stability, and peace. Within this context, Turkey has established strong partnerships in the region. This chapter mainly covers Turkey’s cooperation with Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as part of its regional perspective.
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Notes from the author’s field trips.
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Details on projects to be discussed without a specific reference in this chapter were obtained directly from TİKA or author’s notes from field trips.
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Patients also frequently refer to these ambulances with their specific vehicle brand, which is not disclosed here.
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Turkey’s cooperation with Georgia is specifically detailed in Chapter 12.
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Karahan, H. (2020). Contemporary Footprints on the Silk Road. In: The Quest for a New International Aid Architecture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50442-7_11
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