Reimagining Turkey-Russia Relations: An Analysis Of The Plane Crisis
Journal: TESAM Akademi Dergisi
Year: 2021

Turkey and Russia's relationship has often been characterized by conflict, cooperation, and competition. The rise of Vladimir Putin in Russia and the coming into power of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in the 2000s signaled a positive shift in relations as cooperation increased. The paper reveals that the November 2015 plane crisis, which rocked their tie, was intensified by differences in their geopolitical outlook over Syria. The reactivist Russian sanctions that followed the shoo