Turkiye’s multivector foreign policy both a choice and a necessity

Whether described as hedging, balancing or bargaining, Turkiye’s policies toward the Western and non-Western worlds are shaped by different parameters, shifts and continuities. It is, without doubt, an approach that is difficult to decipher, both for observers and Turkiye’s counterparts. Back in 2013, when Ankara joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a dialogue partner, it led to confusion and concern within the West, which Turkiye had traditionally been allied to. At the time, observers commented along the lines of: “This organization is the most serious opposition to NATO.

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