With the changing Turkish foreign policy in the coming years, the inclination of Turkish contracting businesses to open up to new markets overseas was one of the deciding elements in the immigration system between the two nations. [...] In this context, based on the limited information provided by a few studies about the subject and interviews with academics and journalists, the population that migrated to the region from Türkiye prior to the collapse of the USSR was largely shaped by the activities of businessmen and entrepreneurs close to the country's representative offices in Ankara. [...] Turkish citizens voted abroad in the Presidential Election in 2014, the General Elections for the 25th and 26th Terms of Parliament in 2015, the Referendum on the Constitutional Amendment in 2017 and the Presidential Election and the General Election for the 27th Term of Parliament in 2018. [...] Following the COVID-19 epidemic, Türkiye implemented additional programs and services to meet the requirements of the Turkish diaspora, including the establishment of emergency hotlines and the strengthening of contact between the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB). [...] The main goal of the DTIK is to strengthen and disseminate the Turkish diaspora, to create one main center for all kinds of problems that Turkish entrepreneurs face abroad, and to lead the bid to establish a stronger image for Türkiye in the world.
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