A Comparative Comparison of the Economic Activities of Iran and Turkey in Central Asia

The collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s as one of the most important geopolitical developments of the twentieth century created a geopolitical vacuum in the region. The formation of five new governments in Central Asia created new opportunities and opportunities for economic, political and cultural cooperation between these republics and other regional and trans-regional countries. The situation brought two groups of countries to their notice: the first group included countries in the region such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the other a group of trans-regional powers such as the United States of America and EU member states. Each of these countries, working in a variety of economic, cultural and political fields, endeavored to use the status quo to the best of their ability to expand their influence in the region. Meanwhile, Iran and Turkey, as two regional powers, began their efforts to expand political, economic, cultural relations with the countries of the region immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The appearance shows that Iran had more influence in the Central Asian region since the independence of these republics, but as time has passed and Turkey's presence has grown, Iran's role has diminished. This paper seeks to examine the extent of the economic role of Iran and Turkey in the Central Asian region and tries to compare the economic activities of Iran and Turkey in the Central Asian region with a descriptive-analytical and documentary approach.