Turkey’s Position at NATO and The Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The importance of geopolitics once again put Turkey in entangled relations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the end of the Cold War, the existence of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) against the perceived threat of the Soviet Union has been questioned. When Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the expansion of NATO was a key reason to launch a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, it has tested the military organisation’s political power against Russia in a new century. As a member of NATO, Turkey has found itself in a zero-sum game between Moscow, Kyiv and Washington. 

First published as part of a Panel on Ukraine hosted by the Center for Religion in Society, York St John University.

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Published by Dr Ayla Göl

Ayla Göl is an award-winning lecturer, political analyst, writer and a Senior Fellow at the Higher Education Academy. She has strong media and news communication experience on Islam, the Middle East, and Turkey. She holds a PhD. from the London of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where she started her career as a lecturer and then worked as a Senior Lecturer and a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. She has held Visiting Scholar positions at the Renmin University of China, the University of Cambridge, and Australian National University. She is also the author of Turkey Facing East: Islam, Modernity and Foreign Policy (Manchester University Press, 2013); she writes for Ahval, the Conversation, The Globe post, and Open Democracy.

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