“Our request on this matter is clear,” declared the spokesperson for the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Omer Celik, without providing details on the approach, but promised that the government would publicly inform about any developments.
The BRICS group was initially formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to which Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia joined at the beginning of the year.
In the case of joining BRICS, Turkey would be the only NATO country to do so.
The European Union (EU) does not agree with this process, and through a spokesperson, Peter Stano, noted that the BRICS have “completely different” objectives from the community’s.
According to sources consulted by Bloomberg, Turkish authorities submitted their application months ago due to the lack of progress in the EU accession process and due to the ties established with Russia following the start of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Turkey has been an EU candidate country since 2006.