Economıc Relatıons Between Turkey And Russıa And The Reflectıons Of Thıs Relatıonshıp On The Turkısh-Speakıng Communıty Lıvıng In Russıa

In this study, the presence of Turkish-speaking community in Russia, how the Russian identity and the concept of statehood of Russians affect the perception of Turkey in the country and the influences of this perception on the economic relations between two countries are analyzed on the basis of socio-economic and political geography. Turkish-Russian economic relations was rather limited during the period of Soviet Union. A new era began in the relations with the indepence of Russia and Russia has become Turkey’s one of the significant economic partners today. In the study, when taking the potentials of two countries especially in the fields of trade, tourism and investment into consideration, it was concluded that these relations are far short of the level they were supposed to be and suggestions for the further development of economic relations were put forward. Within the boundaries of Russian Federation, Turkish-speaking community, who are the most important element after Russians, has played/has been playing a unifying role in these relations with their worker status and their population reaching 14 million. The matter of how and to what extent the reflections of Turkish-Russian economic relations, official or unofficial (luggage) trade, tourism, Turkish investments in Russia and the projects that Turkish construction companies realized or are realizing, on Turkish-speaking communities have been attempted to be clarified through field research, observation, interview and analysis.