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according to reuters, on september 18 local time, turkish president erdogan said that even when facing the west, turkey will not stop deepening its relations with the east, including the brics grouping and the shanghai cooperation organization.

reuters pointed out that turkey, a member of nato, recently expressed its interest in joining the brics group and the shanghai cooperation organization. both organizations include china and russia. this has aroused concerns in the united states and europe that turkey may deviate from its traditional western geopolitical orientation. turkey has repeatedly denied such concerns.

erdogan said at an event on september 18 local time that discussions about "axis shift" were unfounded and that turkey must adapt to the new "centers of power" formed in the economic, production and technological fields while keeping opportunities open to every organization and participant.

"this is the attitude behind our country's expansion of the basis for dialogue with the shanghai cooperation organization, the brics group, and asean member states," erdogan said. "our face turned to the west does not mean that we turn our backs on, ignore, or do not improve relations with the east."

türkiye's ruling justice and development party confirmed on september 3 local time that türkiye has formally applied to join the brics.

"our president has said several times that turkey wants to participate in all important platforms and we want to be a member of brics. "our demands in this regard are clear and the relevant process is ongoing within this framework," said akp spokesman omer celik, adding that the application had not yet resulted in anything concrete. "if brics has any assessment or decision on membership, we will share it with you."

afp commented at the time that if accepted, turkey would become the first nato member among the brics countries, and the brics group is seen as an important force to balance the western-dominated global order.

public data shows that the brics cooperation mechanism started in 2006 and consists of china, russia, india, brazil and south africa. the land area of ​​the member countries accounts for 26.46% of the world's total land area and the population accounts for 41.93% of the world's total population. it is estimated that as of now, the total economic output of the five founding brics members accounts for about 31.5% of the world, which has exceeded the group of seven (g7) led by the united states, which accounts for about 30.7%.

in recent years, the international influence of brics countries has been increasing. on january 1 this year, with saudi arabia, egypt, the united arab emirates, iran and ethiopia becoming formal members, the number of brics member countries increased from 5 to 10.

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