Muhammed Onur Çöpoğlu

Although the book promises an exciting contribution to the literature on Turkish-Russian relations, it remains inadequate in fulfilling its aims due to the chapters’ brevity, the shallowness of the analyses, and the general lack of academic rigor. Although it aims to present “the most popular areas of cooperation of Turkish-Russian relations” (p. 88), some chapters, such as chapter 8, fail to do so altogether. The lacuna that the book promises to fill, which is the need to focus on mostly ignored dimensions of relations between Russia and Türkiye, would have attracted many scholars in different fields if the content had been handled neatly. Instead, Turkish-Russian Relations: Prospects and Challenges constitutes a missed opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the literature on this topic.