The Effects of the NATO-European Divergence on Turkey's Security Architecture
Journal: Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
Year: 2025

This article examines the effects of NATO-EU divergence on Turkey's security architecture from historical, structural, and contemporary perspectives. The tension between NATO's collective defense and the EU's strategic autonomy shapes Turkey's role and security policies. Turkey's defense industry rise, geopolitical position, risks (S-400 crisis, EU exclusion), and opportunities (Black Sea leadership, technological autonomy) are analyzed. In 2025, Trump's withdrawal of Ukraine support deepened th