The role of Turkey in Euroasian integration areas

Today globalization movements reached to such an extent that it?s hard for a country to stay out of international issues and this plot force countries which want to have a voice in world politics and economy to integrate in politic and economic areas. International economic integrations play a significative role on economic potential of countries by providing a large economic market, endogenous and exogenous economies, technological development, rivalry and increase in their productivity. The countries willing to join the process of integration aim to take the advantage of the integration and maximize the common benefits of the member countries. However for success of integration some conditions such as likeness of economic structure, complementing each other, rivalry, political and cultural closeness need to be met.As a result of globalization movements which covered the whole world, post-1950 period was the term when many economic cooperation organizations were established in many parts of the world. However, although Eurasian geography, which stayed out this formation due to the political structure of the date, is one of the ascending economic powers of the world owing to its economic potential can?t present this potential because of its mono cultural production structure and capital shortage.As of today integration efforts are limited in Eurasian region and building substructure, required for a large-scale integration such as European Union is going on. However the region has a number of primary problems to solve such as terrorism, drug trafficking political disputes and differences in economic structure to be able to establish such an integration.Eurasian geography is often defined as the group of countries emerged with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. However the countries such as Turkey, Iran, Russia, China and the EU are closely associated with the region due to the economic and political relations and geographic location. Located in the centre of both of the continents Turkey has a common historical heritage with the countries in the Europe and the Asia. In this instance Turkey meditates in many political crises between the neighbours. Turkey has relations with both Asian and European countries with regard to economic structure and trade. Additionally Turkey is one of the safest routes between Asia and Europe for land transport and oil and gas pipelines. All these issues characteristics make Turkey a strategic partner for a possible Eurasian Integration.