A Türkiye–Russia–China–Iran entente matters due to combining different types of influence which are rare to find in one construct. By Mehmet Enes Beşer An alliance of Türkiye, Russia, China, and Iran (TRCI) is usually seen as mere rhetoric or as an idealistic pipe dream—an “anti-West bloc” concept that oversimplifies the complex geopolitical reality. At the same time, there is nothing ...