Turkısh- Indıan Relatıons

Professor Mehmet Nur Altınörs

doi:10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i5-41

Abstract

Although it has a rich and ancient history, India is a fairly new state. This subcontinent is the second most crowded country in the world. In administrative terms, it consists of 28 states and seven union regions. While Hindi and English are the official languages, 22 regional languages are spoken in different states. India has been the birth place of four religions; Hinduism,approximately, ( 80 % of the population, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. Nearly 14 % of the population) belongs to Islam, thus composing the world's largest Muslim minority population. Despite such diversity, serious domestic and international conflicts, high poverty and illiteracy rates, India has successfully maintained to be a democratic state until present time. India has the fourth largest army in the world. According to George Friedman, the Indian army has three major functions. The first is to balance Pakistan, the second is to protect the northern border from Chinese invasion. The last, but not the least, is to keep the nation's internal security (1).

Highlights

INTRODUCTİON it has a rich and ancient history, India is a fairly new state
Turkish Republic was established nearly a century ago as a secular, nation state following the collapse of sixcentury old, religious-based Ottoman Empire
Relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Muslims of India date back to 14th century.Relations were revived with the conquest of Istanbul and the first official relations began in this period.The overtaking of Caliphate by Ottomans deeply affected the Indian Muslims

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Introduction

INTRODUCTİON it has a rich and ancient history, India is a fairly new state. The second important problem is the Cyprus issue and the third one is supporting of different approaches in the international political arena during the Cold War years. India pursued an independent and neutral policy in the international platform during the Cold War years, and was one of the leaders of the "Third World Movement".

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