Turkey’s Military-Technical Cooperation With the Turkic Nations

Abstract

The cooperation between Turkey and Turkic speaking states, such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan started immediately after the declaration of independence from the Soviet nations. Bilateral and multilateral relations in political, economic, cultural, educational and transport fields have been formulated from hundreds of agreements and protocols, which were the basis for the development and strengthening of ties. Since 1993, Turkey has been closely cooperating with the Turkic speaking countries of the former Soviet Union in military and military-technical fields, such as: a) officer training, b) material and technical support, c) arms sales, d) joint exercises, and e) joint military production.The article refers to Turkey's military-technical cooperation with the Turkic-speaking republics of Central Asia.

Keywords: Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Military-Technical Cooperation