国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Turkey-Russia rapprochement expected to continue amid Turkeys rifts with U._时事

国际英语资讯:News Analysis: Turkey-Russia rapprochement expected to continue amid Turkeys rifts with U.

For its part, Russia has used the rapprochement to conclude some agreements with Turkey, which serve Moscow's interests and pull Ankara to its side on the Syrian issue, Dilek said.

"It managed, thanks particularly to the S-400 deal, to create a crack within NATO between Turkey and the West," he said.

Like many, Logoglu sees the S-400 deal as a new threshold in the Turey-Russia defense ties.

"For Russia, the current trajectory is fed by deliberate policy choices to lure Turkey away from the West," he explained. "For Turkey, however, the growing reliance on Russia is not by choice, but by default. Russia is a historical rival and can easily revert to hostility when its interests are at stake."

In Turkey, it is widely argued that the country is becoming too dependent on Russia as far as energy is concerned.

Turkey is importing around half of its natural gas and 30 percent of coal from Russia, and Moscow is Ankara's third biggest supplier of oil. As Moscow is building Turkey's first nuclear power plant and shall supply the fuel for it, Ankara will rely on Moscow for nuclear fuel as well.

Dilek expects the Ankara-Moscow ties to deepen as long as both Putin and Erdogan remain in power, as the Turkish leader has expressed hope for bilateral trade volume to grow to 100 billion dollars from 22 billion dollars in 2017.

Should Erdogan get re-elected in the next election, Turkey may shift more toward Eurasian powers, Dilek said, arguing that Erdogan's views and the presidential system to be installed could pull Turkey further away from the West.