Turkey's Difficult Choice: European Union or Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Yilmaz Keskin

《Tamkang Journal of International Affairs》 17卷3期 (2014/01) Pp. 81-130

https://doi.org/10.6185/TJIA.V.17.N3.P81P130

並列摘要

Turkey has strong ties with many countries in Central Asia, due to its cultural and historical background. Turkey bridges between Europe and Asia; China and Turkey are well positioned at the eastern and western ends of Eurasia to catalyze a cooperative regionalism with global implications. Findings indicate that the Turkish people were formerly eager to join the European Union (EU), prospects for joining the EU have faded, and after nearly 5 decades of waiting, Turks are impatient. The objective of the study was to employ a comparative analysis of the impacts of EU membership and SCO membership on Turkey's foreign policy, analyzing obstacles to Turkey's accession into the EU and the challenges for Turkey to become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO. Turkey has recently begun to look to its east. Over a short period of time, the SCO has proved to be an effective organization, promising to exert great influence in Eurasia and Central Asia. Due to its importance and successful development, the SCO is one of Turkey's few options for further international engagement. SCO membership has complications, such as Turkey's NATO membership, and that the SCO is not directly comparable to the EU. Currently an SCO ”dialogue partner,” Turkey now seeks full membership; natural in view of its linguistic, cultural, and religious ties with Central Asian states. This paper, employing a comparative analysis of the literature, investigates the development of the SCO, the effect of SCO membership on Turkey's multidimensional foreign policy, and shifts in the global economy that have encouraged Turkey to improve its relations with the SCO member states. Through, I focus on whether SCO membership would be a better alternative than EU membership for Turkey, and examine related economic, political, and cultural viewpoints.

並列關鍵字

Turkish Foreign Policy ； Turkish-EU Relations ； Shanghai Cooperation Organization ； North Atlantic Treaty Organization ； Sino-Turkish Relations ； Eurasia ； Central Asia

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