During a press conference in Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized the EU for its stalled membership talks with Turkey due to what he described as an Islamophobic stance towards a predominantly Muslim nation. The discussions coincide with the three-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fidan emphasized Turkey's aspirations to join the BRICS group to strengthen its economic ties globally, highlighting the importance of Turkey's presence in various international forums despite not being offered full membership yet.
We have a long-standing membership adventure with the European Union, which is right next to us and which is highly institutionalised.
The membership negotiations have frozen at some point due to the European Union's discomfort in taking a large Muslim country into its fold due to its identity politics.
We closely follow BRICS, we have clear aims, and we believe in the importance of Turkey being present in different forums.
Turkey requested to join the group, which is chaired by Russia, as a full member last year.
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