"Turkic Council Countries: Infrastructure, Trade, Logistics, and Transportation" Report has been released in English as the special publication series of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM). It was co-authored by SAM`s Research Fellow at the Economic analysis and Global affairs department as well as PhD candidate at SOAS University of London Mahir Humbatov and Associate Professor of Beykent University Kazim Sari.
This report aims to investigate logistics and transportation potential of the Turkic speaking states - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey as well as, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It also sheds light on trade and economic relations of the mentioned countries, available infrastructure projects and the promising infrastructure development programs planned to be implemented in the near future.
The study focuses on thorough analysis on the importance of Turkic speaking countries both in East-West and North-South transport corridors as a result of joint activities conducted by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and the geostrategic significance of these countries after geopolitical and geo-economic changes in the world.
The idea of writing this combined report was initiated by the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan and supported by the Center for Strategic Research under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and National Institute for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic in the framework of cooperation within the Turkic Council.
The Report can be downloaded at the following link: