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Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership

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Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership

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Türkiye's growing interest in BRICS highlights its eastward shifting foreign policy strategy of diversifying alliances in response to changing global power dynamics, a complex regional landscape and a challenging domestic political environment. This shift can be understood through the lens of strategic pragmatism, which remarks how Türkiye’s international alignments are shaped by domestic economic vulnerabilities and flexible, interest-based political calculations. In this regard, this article particularly focuses on economic motivations behind this interest. Türkiye's aspiration for BRICS membership is based on motives to establish alternative financial partnerships and to get support in dealing with its escalating domestic economic issues. These economic concerns are intertwined with the government's political ambitions to enhance the country's global standing and lessen reliance on Western institutions. Therefore, the article analyses the evolution of Türkiye's foreign policy over the decade and examines the appeal of BRICS as a strategy to provide pluralism for economic recovery and leverage for political power both internally and externally. Finally, it points out the challenges Türkiye may face on this path. These include structural issues, trade imbalances, and likely reactions from its Western allies due to its increased participation in non-Western power blocs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Türkiye’s BRICS motivations, Turkish foreign policy, pivot to the East, Turkish economy, Strategic pragmatism

Etik Beyan

I declare that all processes of the work comply with research and publication ethics, and that I comply with ethical rules and scientific citation principles.

Teşekkür

I would like to dedicate my very first published article to my dearest nephew, Ömür KOTAN, who was tragically taken from us in a hotel fire on January 21, 2025, in Bolu, Türkiye. He was an ambitious young man with a broad vision. Unlike most of his peers, he was passionate about politics for the betterment of his country and had even started taking political science classes. Who knows, maybe we could work together on academic studies in the future. Unfortunately, his hopes and plans for the future were left unfinished. In our quest for justice for Ömür and the 77 lives we lost together with him, it would be very meaningful if you could show your support by following the accounts we have set up on social media platforms under the name "baskacanimizyok". Thank you.

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Kotan, Ö. (2025). Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi, 5(1), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.62425/jirs.1698706
AMA
1.Kotan Ö. Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2025;5(1):28-39. doi:10.62425/jirs.1698706
Chicago
Kotan, Özge. 2025. “Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership”. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi 5 (1): 28-39. https://doi.org/10.62425/jirs.1698706.
EndNote
Kotan Ö (01 Haziran 2025) Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi 5 1 28–39.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Kotan, “Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership”, Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi, c. 5, sy 1, ss. 28–39, Haz. 2025, doi: 10.62425/jirs.1698706.
ISNAD
Kotan, Özge. “Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership”. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi 5/1 (01 Haziran 2025): 28-39. https://doi.org/10.62425/jirs.1698706.
JAMA
1.Kotan Ö. Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi. 2025;5:28–39.
MLA
Kotan, Özge. “Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership”. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi, c. 5, sy 1, Haziran 2025, ss. 28-39, doi:10.62425/jirs.1698706.
Vancouver
1.Özge Kotan. Türkiye’s Pivot to the East: Motivations and Key Challenges for Possible BRICS Membership. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları Dergisi. 01 Haziran 2025;5(1):28-39. doi:10.62425/jirs.1698706