{"id":4260,"date":"2024-03-26T18:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:41:05","slug":"opportunities-and-challenges-in-turkish-and-chinese-bilateral-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4260","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities and Challenges in Turkish and Chinese Bilateral Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4260\" class=\"elementor elementor-4260\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b102807 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b102807\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f34f\" data-id=\"ba3f34f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb3fab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fb3fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afaruk_isik\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahmet Faruk ISIK<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 Torino World Affairs Institute<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/en\/pub\/ijps\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Journal of Politics and Security<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">July 2020<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Academic paper<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">38<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/tr\/pub\/ijps\/issue\/54281\/769355\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/tr\/pub\/ijps\/issue\/54281\/769355<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turkey, China, Economy, Uighur<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This paper gives an overview of the bilateral relations between Turkey and China with a focus on opportunities and challenges. The author argues Turkey wants to see China as a \u201cpolitical supporter\u201d in its \u201cprecious loneliness\u201d against its Western allies given that Beijing is one of the most influential members of the UN Security Council; however, on a win-win basis. The author argues that the main cause of mutual distrust between the two states is China\u2019s focus on the strategic value of Turkey in security, while Turkey\u2019s attention is on economic partnership. Referring to the major issue of Uighur rights, the paper says although China has expressed its respect to Turkey\u2019s territorial integrity, that Beijing may yet use the outlawed PKK against Ankara. The author bases his argument on the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s 2015 invitation to People&#8217;s Democratic Party (HDP) \u2013 a supporter of PKK.\u00a0 Public diplomacy is a common ground for the two sides and Turkey showed it when it helped Chinese citizens living in Libya. The author also claims that the visit by top Chinese foreign ministry officials after the 2016 failed military coup generated goodwill towards China on the Turkish side. Turkey has been admitted as \u201cdialogue partner\u201d of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization led by China, while cooperation on technology has also improved in the last decade between the two sides. Regarding Turkey\u2019s role in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the author says Turkey may both benefit and face risks as Chinese investment is gradually increasing in the country with over 1000 companies. Due to the geopolitical significance of Turkey on the world map, Ankara is an important player in BRI.\u00a0 However, the stance of Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on the Uighur human rights issue has China in doldrums. Referring to his Istanbul mayoral days, the author relates how Erdo\u011fan named a public park in Istanbul after a Uighur independence movement leader in East Turkistan, what China calls Xinjiang.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Riyaz ul Khaliq, CIGA Non-Resident Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Ahmet Faruk ISIK Affiliation:\u00a0 Torino World Affairs Institute Organization\/Publisher: International Journal of Politics and Security Date\/Place: July 2020 Type of Literature: Academic paper Number of Pages: 38 Link: https:\/\/dergipark.org.tr\/tr\/pub\/ijps\/issue\/54281\/769355 Keywords: Turkey, China, Economy, Uighur Brief: This paper gives an overview of the bilateral relations between Turkey and China with a focus on opportunities and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-perspective-and-critical-research"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship.jpg",1200,627,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship-300x157.jpg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship-768x401.jpg",768,401,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship-1024x535.jpg",1024,535,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship.jpg",1200,627,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Turkish-and-Chinese-Bilateral-Relationship.jpg",1200,627,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=31\" rel=\"category\">Global Perspective &amp; 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