Abstract
The aim of the article is to analyze the ideological and practical grounds for the interaction and mu-tual influence of the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı) and Russian spiritual administrations. The authors focus on the public rhetoric of the Diyanet leaders and the interaction formats between Russian and Turkish muftis over the past five years (2019–2024). Mate-rials from the official websites of the organizations, public reports, public statements and other communications of the participants of the interaction process are used as sources. Taking into ac-count the historical circumstances and the diversity of cooperation practices, Russian muftis can be considered as an object of long-term influence of the Diyanet and related structures. A conclusion is made about the potential coincidence of public discourses on the topic of consolidation and the for-mation of a common image of the future of the Muslim and Turkic-speaking world. From the ideo-logical point of view as well as taking into account the current practice of interaction, the views of the Diyanet on Muslim unity and Muslim peoples significantly overlap with the construct of the Neo-Eurasian ideas shared by the leading Russian Muslim organizations (primarily, the Spiritual Di-rectorate of Muslims of the Russian Federation and the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia). At the same time, Diyanet’s stable interest in the Muftiates of North Caucasus and Ta-tarstan is weakly reflected in the public space.
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