Avrupa Birliği'nin Orta Asya Politikaları

European Union’s Central Asia PoliciesAbstractDue to its policies toward Central Asia, the European Union (EU) has taken its place among otherexternal powers, such as the United States of America (USA), Russia, and China, struggling toinfluence the region. This article aims to analyze the EU's policies toward Central Asia in a generalframework. In other words, in this study, the EU's policies toward Central Asia are not discussedbased on the individual foreign policies of the union members. Specifically, the EU's regionalpolicies are evaluated by focusing on diplomacy, politics, military, security, economics, technicalcooperation, democracy, human rights, and culture.The road map of this article can be laid out as follows: The subtitle of "Diplomacy and Politics,"focuses on when and how the EU's diplomatic relations with the Central Asian countries began, andhow the specific policies developed toward the region. In the second part of the study, under the titleof "Military and Security," the role of military and security in the EU's Central Asia policies isevaluated. The third part of this research, "Economics and Foreign Trade," focuses on the EU'scooperation with Central Asian countries in economic, commercial, and technical fields. The fourthpart of the study, "Democracy and Human Rights," examines the EU's policies toward the establishment of democracy and the prevention of human rights violations in Central Asian countries.Under the subtitle "Culture," this chapter presents the state of the EU's cultural relations with theCentral Asian countries. It examines the organizations and dialogue networks that play an importantrole in shaping policies in this field. In the concluding part of the study, the current outcomes of theEU's policies toward the Central Asian region are discussed.This study used document analysis method based on primary and secondary sources. In thiscontext, books written on the subject, journal articles, agreements, conventions, reports signed bythe EU, and resources available on official online pages were consulted.Keywords: European Union, Central Asian Policy, Politics, Security, Economic Cooperation,Democracy