YENİ GELİŞİM AŞAMASINDA AZERBAYCAN-TÜRKİYE STRATEJİK ORTAKLIĞI

One of the power centers concentrated in the Southern Caucasus region is considered to be Turkey. Having very big attractiveness from economic, political, military security, as well as history, culture and ethno-psychological parameters is the increasing factor of the region policy effectiveness of the official Ankara.One nation – two countries- this became a fashionable motto for Azerbaijani and Turkish leaders to proclaim and promote throughout the 1990s. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the restoration of Azerbaijan’s independence, Turkey became the first country to recognize the sovereignty of its ‘kinship brother.’ After that, Turkey continued to provide significant economic, military, political and humanitarian assistance to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is also the important link, uniting Turkey with multimillion Turkish World. Azerbaijan and Turkey, first of all, are states with common values from the standpoint of ethnics, language, culture and religion. Referring to the language of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, “one nation, two states” relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey are of strategic nature in accordance with all the parameters.