Anti-India Turkey has started to make its strategic hold on Bangladesh, it’s now supporting Islamic…., India should be worried because…
Dhaka: In a significant development for geopolitics in Asia, Bangladesh, the neigbouring country of India, which recently went through a military coup is reportedly getting radicalised on a massive scale. As per media reports, after the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus came into power, Turkey, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been increasing its influence in Bangladesh by actively supporting radical Islamist groups, using both funding and intelligence operations. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent developments in Bangladesh.
Why is Turkey increasing its influence in Bangladesh?
Readers should note that while the influence of Turkish was minimal in Bangladesh during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s earlier terms, the current political environment led by anti-India Yunus has allowed Ankara to strengthen defense and strategic ties with Dhaka. The move can be seen as anti-India due to the recent ‘anti-India’ stance of both the countries.
How is Turkey making Bangladesh anti-India?
As per a report covered by The Economic Times, Haluk Gorgun, head of Turkey’s Defense Industry Agency, is set to visit Bangladesh to meet interim leader Muhammad Yunus and military officials on on July 8. The report also says that the meeting is aimed at boosting defense-industrial cooperation between the two countries. However, in the backdrop of all of this, reports suggest that Turkish intelligence agencies are covertly backing Islamist groups in Bangladesh, particularly the radical outfit Jamaat-e-Islami.
Why India should be worried?
India should be worried due to the Islamic radicalisation happening in its neighbourhood.
Yunus’s Awami League alarmed over rising economic crisis in Bangladesh
Shocked by the economic crisis in the country, Bangladesh’s Awami League Party recently expressed deep concerns over the fast deteriorating economic situation in the country under the interim government led by Mohammed Yunus.
Taking to X, the Awami League Party said, “Mob violence meets market meltdown: Bangladesh’s economy bleeds under Yunus regime … Once hailed as a rising economic star, Bangladesh now faces an investment freefall, mob rule, and a governance vacuum. 253 cases of mob violence, 163 lives lost, foreign investment at a 14-year low, factories shutting down, industries gasping for survival.”
Quoting an old Bengali proverb, the party added: “No food to give, yet always ready to strike, aptly defines the present Yunus regime”.
(With inputs from agencies)
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