Türkiye Says SCO Membership Won’t Turn West
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will not turn away from the West as it pursues deeper Eastward ties and aims to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as part of a 360-degree, balanced foreign policy. He emphasized that SCO membership would accompany, not replace, Western alignment, highlighted hopes for a peaceful end to the Ukraine war, and urged safeguards for Black Sea shipping to prevent a grain crisis amid the bloc’s growing economic influence.
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About Türkiye
Türkiye is a Turkish newspaper owned by İhlas Group. The paper was founded by Enver Ören in 1970 as Hakikat, and was renamed Türkiye in 1972. It sold 119,000 copies in 1985, and 300,000 copies in 1989. Nevzat Yalçıntaş is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper. Notable contributors include Ayhan Songar who published articles from 1989 to 1997 and Rahîm Er. In the late 1990s, the paper was close to the conservative think tank Intellectuals' Hearth.
Everything about Türkiye →- Country
- Turkey
- Headquarters
- Yenibosna Merkez
- Inception
- April 22, 1970
- Website
- http://www.turkiyegazetesi.com.tr