Turkic Council

Lesson from Samarkand: “Union” or Multi-Vector Balancing in the Turkic World?

Samarkand has become the clearest illustration that the trajectory of Turkic cooperation is shaped less by cultural affinity than by the cost structure of external partnerships. On 4 April 2025, the European Union (hereinafter: EU) and the five Central Asian republics elevated relations to a strategic partnership and launched a 12€ billion Global Gateway investment...

When Strategy Overrides Solidarity: The Quiet Retreat on Northern Cyprus

In late 2024, a quiet but symbolically charged diplomatic shift appeared imminent: the Organisation of Turkic States (hereinafter: the OTS), a bloc increasingly aligned around cultural kinship and strategic coordination, was expected to extend formal or semi-formal recognition to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (hereinafter: the TRNC). The move would have marked a historic...