Turkey is the brand new Dubai as a long way as affect operations towards Kashmir are concerned, concur protection officers right here who’re now detecting tries to enlarge its ambit to cowl the Indian mainland Muslims in addition to increase doubts approximately India’s overseas coverage.
Two intelligence reviews past due final yr had flagged the emergence of Turkey because the hub of anti-India sports driven via way of means of Pakistan’s ISI after its in advance stomping grounds of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have become out of bounds as those nations intensified ties with Delhi to the quantity of storing their strategic reserves in India.
The growth of Turkey’s overseas coverage footprint tallies with Ankara’s try to steer Muslims past the Arab heartland. Despite a failed try to shape a grouping with Pakistan and Malaysia, ties with ISI became hotter and feature long past past Kashmir to backing Islamist businesses in India.
The file to NSC Secretariat speaks of three-pronged efforts via way of means of the Turkish authorities and associated institutions — via way of means of media (employment to Kashmiri journalists); academic institutes (well-paying scholarships) and NGOs (affect Indian Muslims on overseas coverage inimical to Indian interests).