Organization of Turkic States: Development Prospects and Risks for the Eurasian Economic Union

The article analyses the stages of development of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) as an international organization. The active consolidation measures taken by Turkey to establish economic relations with the independent states of Central Asia are examined, and the main directions of development of the international economic relations of the OTS states are studied. On the basis of the collected and analyzed data, it is concluded that the interest of the OTS countries in expanding their spheres of influence is evident at the present time. The current state of international economic relations of the new Eurasian regional integration associations, the OTS and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which emerged after the destruction of the common economic space of the USSR, is examined. The article reveals promising directions of economic development of the OTS, which allow us to consider it as a specific risk factor for the EAEU.