Strengthening Ties: The Pakistan-Türkiye Alliance in Historical Context and its Implications for Middle Power Collaboration in the Global South

Pakistan and Türkiye are important strategic players in the Muslim world as well as in regional politics. Pakistan is an emerging power with the status of the only Muslim state that has nuclear weapons and the world’s 6th largest robust army. Whereas, Türkiye has a sturdy top 20 world army and is the emerging middle power in the Middle East. Moreover, with this global status both the emerging middle powers have the influence and strength to unite and address the problems of Muslim states and play their well-deserved leadership role in the region. Firstly, in this article, it will be addressed how did Pakistan and Türkiye view each other’s relations from the perspective of history and contemporary affairs? And it will also be assessed how did Pakistan and Türkiye could play their leadership role in the Muslim world as well as in the region? Secondly, it will be attempted to see how did Pakistan and Türkiye have space for convergence to deal with the shared challenges? And How the Government policies of Pakistan and Türkiye could align in common interests? Thirdly, it will be struggled to see how could Pakistan and Türkiye behave and interact with each other as middle powers? Finally, it will be tried how could this study predict the Pakistan-Türkiye relationship will evolve in the future?