Yevheniia Haber
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
DOI: 10.37837/2707-7683-2021-35
Abstract. While Ukraine and Turkey have recently celebrated the centennial since the establishment of diplomatic relations and currently continue to reinvent each other as strategic partners, it might be a good time to take stock of the bilateral relations over the past century and define a road map for the future.
This article aims to provide a brief overview of the past history of the bilateral relations and a comprehensive analysis of the current state of play between the two countries, whilst also discussing emergent trends in the Ukrainian-Turkish partnership, as it continues to evolve in a new regional and global security environment.
The object of the study is the bilateral relations between Ukraine and Turkey. The subject of this research is the new trends in the development of Ukrainian-Turkish partnership
Keywords: Ukraine, Turkey, Black Sea region, strategic partnership, alliance.
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