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With the fading of Cold War geopolitical constraints and the opening up of its economy in early 1990s, India has become an important player on the global stage. The relationship between India and Turkey has benefited out of the post cold developments in the global strategic environments. By the turn of twenty-first century, Turkey's foreign policy has shifted from isolationist stance to one of active engagement that has made it possible to expand ties with India. The shared values and commonalities of interest such as democracy, multi-cultural societies, combating terrorism, development of a just and equitable international order, ensuring regional and global security has been the main driving force of the newly formed partnership between India and Turkey. The main argument of this paper is that India’s growing stature in the international system and its global responsibility has compelled Turkey to consider India as an important strategic partner. The paper seeks to understand the reasons behind this optimism shared by the two countries of having very close relations in the future. The paper examines the bilateral cooperation on political, economic and defence and security sectors. The paper concludes by laying out certain steps that must be taken to further strengthen the partnership. The paper further argues that it is high time that both sides chart a forward-looking agenda for advancing our multi-faceted cooperation; otherwise the opportunity will be lost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last two decades saw sweeping changes in the pharmaceutical patent policies of the developing countries from weak/non patentability to strong patent regimes. Analysing the policy change from a political economy approach, this paper pursues two simultaneous objectives. Firstly, it explores the common factors underlying the recent changes in the pharmaceutical patent policies of the developing countries. Secondly, it analyses the sources of the differential policy outcomes on pharmaceutical patents in India and Turkey.Against the state-centric theories that interpret the policy change primarily as a matter between the nation states from developed and developing countries, the paper presents two arguments. Firstly, it argues that the increased structural power of the transnational capital has been the common factor underlying the recent changes in the pharmaceutical patent policies of the developing countries. Secondly, it argues that the nature, scope, and outcomes policy processes on pharmaceutical patents have been shaped by the dynamics of the inter class struggles across the developing world. The paper supports this latter argument through a focussed comparative historical analysis of the public policy processes and outcomes on pharmaceutical patents in Turkey and India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]