Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ankara was very hopeful about the implementation of pan – Turkism. Turkey's expectations in this regard were largely based on the fact that the Central Asian Republics would welcome the idea and at the same time, revival of Russian power was unlikely. Nevertheless, neither the ideology of Pan-Turkism nor Ottomanism led to the victory of its ideals over realities of the region and the international system. The main purpose of this literature is to examine the areas and influential motivations which affect a change of Turkey's foreign policy strategy in Central Asia. Therefore, the present paper addresses the following question: “How Turkey's foreign policy in Central Asia has been affected by developments during the twenty-first century?” The initial response of the authors to this question, based on the preliminary evidence, emphasizes that Turkey's foreign policy outlines in Central Asia during the twenty-first century was influenced by the following factors: a failure to reach tangible achievements through its presence in the Central Asia; the rejection of Pan-Turkism ideology by the Central Asian societies; the presence of the West in the region; and the failure of the unwritten alliance of Turkish government with the Gülenists”. In order to examine the mentioned hypothesis, the theoretical framework of classical neo-realism has been applied. 

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