Kashmir in Türkiye's Asia policy and Türkiye's potential role in Kashmir's conflict resolution

The Kashmir Crisis, one of the most well-known humanitarian tragedies in South Asia, has occupied the international agenda for years. The Indian-controlled part of Jammu in the Kashmir region, which is under the joint administration of India, Pakistan and China, has witnessed many wars and loss of life to date, as it is the homeland of the status problem. Although Türkiye does not have a clear Kashmir policy, it has followed the crisis closely, called for a ceasefire and even offered mediation to parties. Türkiye's rhetoric and attitude towards the crisis, its achievements in humanitarian foreign policy, and past mediation experiences indicate that it has the potential to be even more active in this conflict. Ensuring that this potential is strengthened with the mediation phenomenon and the construction of a Kashmir policy that has become clear would enable Türkiye to display a more holistic approach to the continent, as it was aimed within the context of the Asia Again Initiative. It is suggested that Türkiye's Kashmir policy can be constructed with the deductive method by examining Türkiye's policy with Asia first, then South Asia and finally the three states party to the crisis, by making an inference from the general to the specific. In light of the data obtained, it was concluded that Türkiye's bilateral relations with India were strained because of its pro-Pakistani stance in the Kashmir crisis due to its brotherhood theme. In order to have a holistic approach to the region, it is obvious that improving Türkiye's bilateral relations with India, which is an important state in the globalizing world and the geostrategic giant of the Indian continent, can be mutually beneficial. Although the extreme right approach of Modi, the term representative of India, is met with concern in countries where the religion of Islam is dominant, both countries intend to increase cooperation in open dialogue and trade. In this context, if Türkiye's Kashmir policy can be built on the mediation phenomenon of the Kashmir Crisis, and a balanced policy is carried out by presenting goodwill to Pakistan and India, then it is possible to improve relations with India without ignoring Pakistan. It is thought that the US's accompanying Türkiye in this mediation attempt can effectively to make convince India, which is not in favour of foreign intervention, to negotiate. Finally, concluded that Türkiye can build its Kashmir policy through mediation with the contribution of its potential role in the Kashmir Crisis, thus she has the opportunity to approach Asia more holistically and achieve one of its goals under the Asia Again Initiative.