Security Promises of the East: Meeting the Expectations of Turkey in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Journal: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi uluslararası sosyal bilimler dergisi
Year: 2020

This paper argues that Turkey’s full membership to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) would have a symbolic meaning in terms of showing its displeasure of the Western actions towards Ankara and whose message of not being alone in a world of realist thinking. Even if Turkey becomes a full member of the SCO, which is subject to its departure from NATO membership, it will still need to continue being in search of developing and deepening its strategic relations bilaterally with the stronge