Why Is Turkey Aggressively Pushing For Greater Cooperation With Bangladesh?
Analysis By Anupama Ghosh
The year 2019 saw Turkey launch its ‘Asia Anew’ initiative in a bid to boost its cooperation with Asian countries. Increasing its footprints in South Asia, Turkey seems to be fostering closer relations with Bangladesh. So what are the reasons that make Bangladesh a viable partner for Turkey in the region?
Turkey’s Asia Anew initiative is aimed at building greater interaction in areas of education, defense, trade, technology, and culture. The shift of Turkey’s foreign policy towards Asia in the past decade has been interesting.