Pan-turkish-ism: the nationcentred ideology and the geopolitical strategy of the 'Turkish world'
Journal: Revista Moldovenească de Drept Internaţional şi Relaţii Internaţionale
Year: 2026

This article analyses the geopolitical strategy of the 'Turkish world'. The author introduces the terms 'Pan-Turkish-ism' and 'global Turkey', a nation-centric doctrine that differs from the commonly accepted concepts of 'Pan-Turkism' and 'Turkic world', a multinational concept representing all Turkic peoples. The article examines the following aspects of 'Pan-Turkish-ism': the Neo-Ottomanism of the 'Turkish World', 'the Turkish world' versus 'the Turkic world' in the post-Soviet arena; the Gül