The Main Factors Underpinning Turkey–China Relations: The ‘Turkic World’ Narrative and Its Implications for Future Relations

Levon Hovsepyan
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Levon Hovsepyan: Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

China Report, 2023, vol. 59, issue 4, 456-472

Abstract: This article analyses how shifts in the international system and Turkish domestic factors determine the current relations between Turkey and China. They are combined with changes in the international system and Turkish domestic economic, political and ideological factors. The Uyghur issue, Turkey’s new activism in Central Asia, and the ‘Turkic narrative’ are analysed in the context of bilateral relations. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War brought the ‘Turkic narrative’ to a new level and gave new impetus and confidence to Ankara in forging a new assertive foreign policy in Central Asia, which could be a challenge for Beijing in the future.

Keywords: Turkey–China relations; domestic and international factors; Turkic world; Central Asia; Uyghurs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00094455231188100

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