Türk Dünyası Ülkelerinin Uluslararası Kuruluşlarla İlişkileri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme (An Evaluation on the Relations of the Countries of the Turkic World with International Organizations)

Abstract

In today’s world, regional and global organizations have gained significance exponentially in international relations. To this end, the current study aims to outline and analyze the relations of Turkic counties – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) – with international organizations as members or as observer states. The study was carried out utilizing the literature review method. The data of the study were obtained from the research in the literature, the official internet databases of international organizations, and the official websites of the foreign ministries of the aforementioned countries. The data were compared and analyzed in a descriptive perspective touching on the “area of activity and membership status” of the Turkic states with the international organizations. These analyses were presented using tables and maps. Consequently, it was stated that the countries of the Turkic world gathered under the same international organization for cultural and commercial purposes; however, it was determined that they took part in different collective defense organizations militarily. Overall, the role of international and regional organizations, including the Turkic states, was interpreted in terms of global geopolitical developments