Geojurisprudence of Multipolar Ordering: The Case of the Organisation of Turkic States

Abstract This article examines the geojurisprudential turn in international law in the context of an emerging multipolar order, focusing on the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) as a site of selective regional legal legitimation. It argues that the OTS does not itself create binding rules of regional international law, but uses non-binding instruments, especially summit declarations, to coordinate legal narratives grounded in shared cultural and geopolitical ties. Through the case studies of Nagorno-Karabakh and Northern Cyprus, this article demonstrates how the OTS selectively mobilizes international legal norms – most notably what this article terms the contested war of recovery doctrine – in line with geopolitical preferences. This comparison shows that the OTS supports a recovery narrative in Nagorno-Karabakh while resisting the generalization of that logic in relation to Northern Cyprus, revealing doctrinal inconsistency shaped by geopolitical alignment.