ISTANBUL -- Turkey's aspirations to lead the greater Turkic world and become a Eurasian heavyweight has met a "reality check," analysts said, as violence erupted in the ex-Soviet, Turkic nation of Kazakhstan last week.
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Collective Security Treaty Organization peacekeepers guard an area in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Jan. 11. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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