PAK-TURK RELATIONS: THROUGH THE SPECTRUM OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Abstract

This study will evaluate the current state of ties between Turkey and Pakistan, their recent development, and their progressive institutionalisation process. The high degree of bilateral cooperation that has been established in terms of political, military, and economic issues will be discussed within this context. Global and regional developments, especially those with economic and political repercussions for Central Asia and the Middle East, will be discussed, as will the joint strategy that Pakistan and Turkey have been seeking to create over the last few decades. In that regard, activities that are complementary and coordinated across multilateral forums and international organisations with the goal of enhancing bilateral cooperation will be looked at. In recent years, the tasks of keeping Afghanistan stable, building up the ability to respond to interconnected events in the Middle East and South Asia, and using several potential projects in a multilateral way, as envisioned in China's "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) Initiative, have become very important for the two countries to work on together. These reasons are discussed in the paragraphs that follow.