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🇹🇷🕵️‍♂️❗️ — Report by the National Intelligence Academy of Turkey Published: "Combating Terrorism and Turkey: IS and Vilayat Khorasan" | Commentary on the Turkish report: ➡️ The publication of this report clearly demonstrates the intentions of Turkish intelligence…

🇹🇷 📝 Tengri Territorialism pt2 - on the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) resembling a Turkish NATO | CIG #commentary

D.C.-based think tank Caspian Policy Center has offered a tasty morsel on this topic:
🔶️ "While there are no active combat zones in Central Asia, Türkiye’s presence there is increasingly felt. In contrast with Russia, which now must source its military goods from countries like Iran and North Korea, Türkiye is providing the Central Asian republics with cutting-edge military equipment. Türkiye has sold TB2 drones to four of the five Central Asian states, including Kyrgyzstan, which deployed them against Tajikistan during 2022’s border fighting. While Russian-backed inter-governmental organizations, such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization, appear to be in decline, the Turkish-backed Organization of Turkic States (OTS) appears to offer the four Turkic Central Asian countries new opportunities. OTS, as per their 2023 communique, appears primed to further increase defense cooperation in the coming years. Outside of the military sector, since 2022, Türkiye has bolstered ties to Central Asia through trade deals and cooperation on trans-Caspian commercial infrastructure expansion, such as the new Turkish ship-building facilities that will significantly strengthen Kazakh naval forces."

🔶️ "Ankara has played a pivotal role in countering and managing Russian influence across the post-Soviet space. Türkiye has provided military support for Ukraine and, has more generally made the case that Ankara can be a more reliable partner to supplant Russia. Sustaining Türkiye's productive role in Eurasia will depend, in part, on maintaining constructive ties between Washington and Ankara, which have seen a recent uptick in security and economic cooperation."

🔶️ "Looking further east, Turkish influence is increasing in what has traditionally been considered Moscow’s backyard: Central Asia and the Caucasus. In the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan has looked to Türkiye for political, military, and economic support against Armenia, a country that until recently was Russian aligned. One of the ways in which to read the last few years of turbulence between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been as a real-time example of Türkiye’s military and political influence squaring off against Russia’s. It is reasonable to imagine that the countries of the region looked to this conflict as a test of Russia’s commitment, and took notice when Russia’s military support, or lack thereof, proved ineffective against a Turkish ally."

-In November of 2023, Nikkei Asia released an article detailing the decline of Russian influence in Central Asia:
🔶️ "Turkey and France are ramping up their charm offensives in Central Asia, traditionally under Russian influence, as Moscow's declining presence opens the door to a diplomatic tug of war."

🔶️ "After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, however, Moscow's influence there rapidly declined. Nearby Azerbaijan's effective victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with Turkish military support, also shifted the regional balance."

🔶️ "With Turkey's rise as a regional power, Erdogan has moved to capitalize on these geopolitical shifts to expand Ankara's influence in Central Asia. He has championed the idea of a "Turkic world" bound by historical, religious and cultural ties."

🔶️ "Macron makes no secret of his diplomatic objective of separating Central Asia from Russia. In a meeting with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday, he urged a strengthening of relations with France, saying: "This is the path for your country which refuses to be a vassal of any powers."

-Finally, according to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
🔶️ "Türkiye is the first country which recognized Central Asian countries. Since 1991, our desire for a stable, independent and prosperous Central Asia has guided our policies towards the region towards building free market economies and functioning democracies."

Caspian Policy Center

CPC | Türkiye's Return to Center Stage: Successful Counterbalancing

Türkiye’s more aggressive and independent foreign policy has spurred both praise and criticism fro

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🇹🇷 📝 Tengri Territorialism pt2 - on the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) resembling a Turkish NATO | CIG #commentary

D.C.-based think tank Caspian Policy Center has offered a tasty morsel on this topic:
🔶️ "While there are no active combat zones in Central Asia, Türkiye’s presence there is increasingly felt. In contrast with Russia, which now must source its military goods from countries like Iran and North Korea, Türkiye is providing the Central Asian republics with cutting-edge military equipment. Türkiye has sold TB2 drones to four of the five Central Asian states, including Kyrgyzstan, which deployed them against Tajikistan during 2022’s border fighting. While Russian-backed inter-governmental organizations, such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization, appear to be in decline, the Turkish-backed Organization of Turkic States (OTS) appears to offer the four Turkic Central Asian countries new opportunities. OTS, as per their 2023 communique, appears primed to further increase defense cooperation in the coming years. Outside of the military sector, since 2022, Türkiye has bolstered ties to Central Asia through trade deals and cooperation on trans-Caspian commercial infrastructure expansion, such as the new Turkish ship-building facilities that will significantly strengthen Kazakh naval forces."

🔶️ "Ankara has played a pivotal role in countering and managing Russian influence across the post-Soviet space. Türkiye has provided military support for Ukraine and, has more generally made the case that Ankara can be a more reliable partner to supplant Russia. Sustaining Türkiye's productive role in Eurasia will depend, in part, on maintaining constructive ties between Washington and Ankara, which have seen a recent uptick in security and economic cooperation."

🔶️ "Looking further east, Turkish influence is increasing in what has traditionally been considered Moscow’s backyard: Central Asia and the Caucasus. In the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan has looked to Türkiye for political, military, and economic support against Armenia, a country that until recently was Russian aligned. One of the ways in which to read the last few years of turbulence between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been as a real-time example of Türkiye’s military and political influence squaring off against Russia’s. It is reasonable to imagine that the countries of the region looked to this conflict as a test of Russia’s commitment, and took notice when Russia’s military support, or lack thereof, proved ineffective against a Turkish ally."

-In November of 2023, Nikkei Asia released an article detailing the decline of Russian influence in Central Asia:
🔶️ "Turkey and France are ramping up their charm offensives in Central Asia, traditionally under Russian influence, as Moscow's declining presence opens the door to a diplomatic tug of war."

🔶️ "After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, however, Moscow's influence there rapidly declined. Nearby Azerbaijan's effective victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with Turkish military support, also shifted the regional balance."

🔶️ "With Turkey's rise as a regional power, Erdogan has moved to capitalize on these geopolitical shifts to expand Ankara's influence in Central Asia. He has championed the idea of a "Turkic world" bound by historical, religious and cultural ties."

🔶️ "Macron makes no secret of his diplomatic objective of separating Central Asia from Russia. In a meeting with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday, he urged a strengthening of relations with France, saying: "This is the path for your country which refuses to be a vassal of any powers."

-Finally, according to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
🔶️ "Türkiye is the first country which recognized Central Asian countries. Since 1991, our desire for a stable, independent and prosperous Central Asia has guided our policies towards the region towards building free market economies and functioning democracies."

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