Turkiye and Azerbaijan have shown us how Turkic cooperation works. But the problem is the Central Asian countries who are under Russian influence and are all whacky dictatorships especially Turkmenistan.
Just like Ataturk had the foresight to make a deal with Iran to gain that strip of land that connects Turkey to Azerbaijan, he also mentioned how we must reach out to our brothers and sisters across Eurasia. We cannot wait for them to come to us, we must go to them.
A hundred years ago the Turkish heartland was occupied at the 4 corners, all that remained was central Anatolia hanging by a thread. Today we talk about Turkey building fighter jets and multiple Turkic states exist. These remnants of Russian criminality in time will be swept aside.
Nothing will be achieved over night, rationally there needs to be a long range strategy conducted by Turkiye. Of all the Turkic states, regions and autonomous republics, Turkiye has the most capacity to move this project forward.
Personally though the catalyst to this succeeding is Azerbaijan. If Turkey can form a proper union with Azerbaijan, the doors will be smashed wide open for the rest of the Turkic world as well as friendly nations to Turkiye.
