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  "id": 5068400,
  "title": "Erdogan says Turkey would consider full membership of China- and Russia-led security bloc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/erdogan-says-turkey-would-consider-full-membership-of-china-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T10:46:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/erdogan-says-turkey-would-consider-full-membership-china-and-russia-led-security"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, PresidentTayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. \"Turkey's prospect of (full) membership to the organisation does not imply a breakaway from any other bloc or from the West,\" Erdogan said, according to a transcript of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Erdogan, Putin agree to continue Turkey's nuclear development, improve economic relations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/erdogan-putin-agree-to-continue-turkeys-nuclear-development-improve",
        "published": "2026-09-02T08:34:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}