Subsequently, Turkey concluded numerous cultural,[4] economic,[5] and technical aid agreements[6] with Kyrgyzstan and sponsored its full membership[7] in the ECO, a regional trade pact whose original members were Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.

After the failure of many joint ventures in Kyrgyzstan,[9] Turkey concluded that Kyrgyzstan is too small and too poor to be economically viable[10] without Russian assistance and reoriented its policies to narrowly define[11] its support as supplier of technical assistance[12] and investments.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Turkish foreign policy perceived an opportunity to obtain alignments with the various Turkic-speaking states in Central Asia.

[citation needed] This pan-Turkic foreign policy thrust Turkey into competition with Russia.

[13] By 2019, more than 100 bilateral agreements and protocols were concluded between the two countries to lay the legal ground of relations and numerous mutual high level visits were place.