title: The Turkish-Russian “Coalition of Interests”, in Syria: an Analysis in The Framework of Neo Realist Theory
abstract: Turkish and Russian (Soviet Union) relations before the Cold War, were moderate in certain proportions. During the Cold War bilateral relations were at a low level due to reasons such as Turkey taking sides with the Western bloc against the threat of communism and becoming a member of NATO, and because of the Soviet Union's territorial claims against Turkey. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, bilateral relations remained in a competitive dimension and improvements were observed in som