Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)3068210.22363/2313-0660-2022-22-1-111-125THEMATIC DOSSIERТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕResearch ArticleTurkey and the Eurasian Integration: Ideology or Pragmatism?Турция и евразийская интеграция: идеология или прагматизм?https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-9908ErşenEmreЭршенЭмре

PhD, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations

доктор политических наук, профессор кафедры политологии и международных отношений

eersen@marmara.edu.trMarmara UniversityУниверситет Мармара30032022221Eurasian Ideology and Eurasian IntegrationЕвразийская идеология и евразийская интеграция11112530032022Copyright ©; 2022, Erşen E.Copyright ©; 2022, Эршен Э.2022Erşen E.Эршен Э.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/30682

While Eurasianism as a political ideology has made a remarkable comeback to the Russian political scene following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has also attracted considerable interest among Turkish political and intellectual circles since the early 1990s. Yet, Eurasianism in the Turkish context has acquired different ideological meanings in time. In this regard, it is possible to highlight two main strands of Eurasianism in Turkey: one focusing on the prospects for advanced integration between Turkey and the Turkic republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia, and other concentrating on Turkey’s strategic cooperation with Russia and China as an alternative to its long-standing ties with the West. While the first approach mainly appeals to nationalist-conservative groups in Turkey, the second is supported by the so-called national-patriotic groups. The article aims to discuss Turkey’s role in two Eurasia-based international organizations - the Organization of Turkic States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - as they respectively correspond to the two versions of Eurasianism in Turkey. By analyzing the Turkish governments’ policies towards these two organizations, it would also be possible to reveal the influence of Eurasianism as an ideology on Ankara’s official approach to the idea of Eurasian integration, in which pragmatic political and economic concerns play an equally important role.

Евразийство как политическая идеология вновь проявилось на российской политической сцене в 1991 г. после распада СССР. При этом в это же время идеи евразийства вызывали немалый интерес среди турецких политических и интеллектуальных кругов. Однако со временем в турецком контексте евразийство приобрело различные идеологические значения и измерения, которые в настоящее время оформились в два основных направления: первое ориентировано на задачи углубленной интеграции между Турцией и тюркскими республиками Кавказа и Центральной Азии, второе - на стратегическое сотрудничество Турции с Россией и Китаем в качестве альтернативы ее давним связям с Западом. Хотя первый подход в основном привлекает националистически-консервативные группы в Турции, второй подход поддерживается так называемыми национально-патриотическими группами. В сложившемся контексте цель статьи - проанализировать роль Турции в двух международных организациях, базирующихся в Евразии, - Организации тюркских государств и Шанхайской организации сотрудничества, так как они соответствуют двум версиям евразийства в Турции. Посредством анализа политики турецких правительств в отношении данных организаций можно проследить влияние евразийства как идеологии на официальную стратегию Анкары к идее евразийской интеграции, в которой прагматические политические и экономические соображения играют одинаково важную роль.

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