The disappearance of the bipolar world gave the chance to the Republic of Turkey to assert itself as a regional power in the Black Sea region. Finding affinities with the states of this region (economic cooperation within the BSEC, coagulation of the „Turkish world”, etc.), Ankara, in 1993-1994, has promoted through high-level visits its foreign policy agenda, and more veiled, the Euro-Atlantic vector. The first visit by Turkish President S. Demirel to the Republic of Moldova took place under the cloak of intensifying the cooperation in the Turkish world, but also the „NATO agenda” was present in the speech of the Turkish president. During the visit, the Turkish side also promoted the idea of solving the issue of Gagauz secessionism as soon as possible, promising the Gagauz that they will benefit from a preferential credit of 35 million US dollars, in the case of supporting the territorial integrity and the Euro-Atlantic vector of the Republic of Moldova.