TURKEY PERSPECTIVE

Turkish media cover MC14 with particular attention, Turkey developing its own carbon adjustment mechanism to partially align with European CBAM—a necessity to maintain EU market access, Ankara's leading trade partner. TRT highlights Turkey's bridge position: neither fully aligned with EU (non-member) nor in the Global South camp (BRICS, developing nations). Turkey negotiates its own path.

Cumhuriyet, Kemalist-leaning, criticizes CBAM as additional pressure on Turkey's already-fragile steel and cement industry amid economic crisis. The Daily Sabah frames the conference as an opportunity for Erdoğan's Turkish diplomacy to position itself as mediator between the EU and developing countries—a role Turkey systematically claims in multilateral forums.

Hürriyet notes Turkey is the world's 7th steel exporter and that CBAM could cost billions to Turkish exporters if national carbon price recognition mechanisms are not established. The Kurdish question is absent from commercial coverage, but Sèvres syndrome surfaces: Turkey perceives CBAM as a potential tool to further exclude it from European markets, reinforcing the feeling of European rejection.