Turkey as NATO member can’t join SCO

... presented a report titled “The New World Order: New Rules or No Rules” at an event organized by the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow on Wednesday. Speaking to the İstanbul-based Cihan news agency after the event, Lukyanov said the admission of Turkey to the SCO is impossible as it would contradict the founding concept of the organization as an alternative to NATO. Frustrated by stalled negotiations with the EU, Turkey's slim hopes for EU membership steadily grew into exasperation with Brussels, pushing Ankara ...