Abstract:

The area known as the Central Asia lies in the center of Asia, among the Caspian Sea, Russia, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. As a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, five new republics emerged here. In these new republics- Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, and Tajikistan % 80 of the population is composed of groups belonging to various Turk Societies. This part of Asia, which is rich in terms of natural sources, covers a land larger than 40 million km2 and has a population of over 50 million. Regional and global powers have some ideas called “the Big Game” on this land, which is surrounded by two powerful countries, Russia and China, and by the Middle East, which has conflicts in it self. Powerful countries will want to go into the weak points of the land in order to materialize their aims and the weakest point of Central Asia is the complex ethnic structure caused by the U.S.S.R in a 70 years’ time.All being Turks and named according to where they live, Uzbeks, Kazaks, Tatars, Kirghizes, range in population in each state. It is highly probable that the ethnic groups, being governed by authoritarian leaders for the time being, will act for their independence in a short future as a result of more democratic sayings and the influence of the other powers. Two examples, Yugoslavia, which still remains in our memories and Iraq, which is getting more and more conflicted today, strongly support this idea. Turk Republics in the Central Asia must have strong coordination among them selves and lead balanced policies in the international politics in order not to face problems emerging from ethnicity

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