Is a Strategic Partnership Between Turkey and Russia Feasible at the Expense of Turkey’s Relations with the EU and NATO?

Abstract The article mainly contends that since the real and expected benefits from European Union (EU) NATO were not delivered sufficiently Turkey’s perspective, Turkey looked for alternatives collaborated with Russia more intensely in recent years. cooperation was also facilitated by several global, political, economic, conjectural, security-related, individual-level factors. Another argument of study is despite intensive collaboration Russia, it feasible to build a strategic partnership short- medium-term at expense its relations EU. main reasons this are, addition institutional social shortcomings, geostrategic divergences, Russia’s inadequacy as an economic actor, pitfalls asymmetric relationship security risks posed NATO’s continuing importance needs, incompatibility political systems.