Author: Sharipov, Azamat

Annotation: This article analyses the activities of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) in the states of Central Asia within the context of the theories of development cooperation and soft power. The study covers the period from 1992 to 2023 and draws on statistical data as well as on scholarly sources indexed in authoritative databases. The article examines the agency's institutional evolution, the dynamics of the financial flows directed to the region, and their interrelationship with the objectives of Turkish foreign policy, considered on a year-by-year basis.

Keywords: TİKA, Central Asia, official development assistance, soft power, Turkish foreign policy, technical cooperation, Turkic integration.

Pages in journal: 499 - 506