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Turkey's historical, political and cultural ties between Europe, Black Sea, Caucasus, Asia, Middle East and African countries, rising activity in the international arena, especially in the United Nations, being an important member of organizations such as NATO, OSCE and CICA and with active foreign policy, it has become an increasingly important actor on the global platform.

The first diplomatic contact between Turkey and Malaysia was established in 1964. Political relations between Malaysia and Turkey in dual and multilateral platforms have been going well. There is an increase in official visits between two countries.

Both countries can develop effective strategic cooperation in terms of sustainability of critical long-term interests. Herein, there is a need to look at developments from a broader geopolitical perspective. In order to get through to the ideal point of Turkey and Kazakhstan relations within the multidimensional shaped power systematic, each parameter should be directed towards a structure that will create mutual depth, not only on political and strategic basis.

Both countries share deep-rooted economic and social ties based on mutual historical heritage. Egypt is Turkey’s major commercial partner in the African continent and tere are approximately 3,500 Turkish residents in Egypt. Turkish and Egyptian businesspersons maintain close contact and continue to realize reciprocal visits. The number of Egyptian visitors to Turkey has exceeded 100,000 annually..

The bilateral trade volume between Turkey and Qatar stood at 1.426 billion dollars in 2019 and trade gap weigh against Qatar was 0.898 billion dollars. The main products exported by Turkey to Qatar are electrical and electronic parts, furniture, construction parts, petroleum-mineral oils, milk and dairy products.

Now it is required that the two countries head towards a future structure, in order to uplift the Turkey - Iran relations an ideal point within a world power schema which takes its form in a multi-dimensional way, by creating a mutual deepening not only in political and strategic basis but also in its each parameters. History offers both the two countries opportunities for deepening their interdependency.

It is being deeply felt that there is an urgent necessity for collaborative works of the two countries so that the solutions for the regional issues can be found. Now it is required that the two countries head towards a future structure, in order to uplift the Turkey - Italy relations an ideal point within a world power schema which takes its form in a multi-dimensional way, by creating a mutual deepening not only in political and strategic basis but also in its each parameter.

When we look at the main trends in the world, global competition in the age of new economy based on "information and knowledge-based products" following "soil and machinery" is developing through "micro-nationalism", "integration" and "unpredictability’’.

Turkey - Southeast Asia Strategic Dialogue; aims at revealing how mutual potentials and existing collaborations can be transformed into a strategic alliance and targets to contribute to the capacity building of the strategic ground.