Azerbaijan – Turkey Relations in the International South Caucasus Context (1992–2020)
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-963-971
Abstract
The research featured the history of the interstate relations between Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey, its main stages and issues, as well as its dependence on various internal political changes and political figures. What began as an internal conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan during Perestroika in the Soviet Union grew into an interstate affair, which currently involves the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The author believes that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after the military conflict of 2020 is an important part in historical and political studies on the Azerbaijan – Turkey relations. Initially, Turkey took a pro-Azerbaijani position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, its negative attitude to Armenia put it on the periphery of the peacekeeping process in the OSCE Minsk Group. Guided by the ideology of "one people, two countries", Turkey helped Azerbaijan to overcome the political and economic crisis in the 1990s, as well as to lobby its interests in the UN, the NATO, the OSCE, and the OIC. In 2020, Erdogan’s expansionist policy allowed Azerbaijan to regain most territories annexed by Armenia during the Karabakh war in the 1990s.
About the Authors
K. V. Yumatov
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
K. N. Sivina
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Kemerovo
Russian Federation
Kemerovo
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Yumatov K.V., Sivina K.N. Azerbaijan – Turkey Relations in the International South Caucasus Context (1992–2020). The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2020;22(4):963-971. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-963-971
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