The Turkish government’s suggestion that Turkey could consider joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) rather than the European Union is a bad idea, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
“The proposal to become a member of the SCO is inconsistent and incorrect. We turned our direction to the West, not to the East,” the CHP leader said on February 4 in Portugal, where he is attending a meeting of the Socialist International.
“This is not something new, since 1071 our goal has been to head toward the West. We don’t mean geography in saying the West but modernity and civilization,” Kılıçdaroğlu said.
Turkish opposition slams Shanghai membership idea
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