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Turkey addicted to European Union in foreign trading tends to diversify the foreign trading partners with internal and external economic factors. For this reason, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have been considered as an important geographical integration which will contribute to develop the foreign trading flows of Turkey except Europe. İn this study, we aimed to investigate the factors that affect foreign trading flows between SCO and Turkey. For this purpose, panel data method has been performed by using gravity model between 2004-2014 years. According to results, gross domestic product and populations of SCO members and Turkey affect positively the foreign trading flows between both side. However, it has been found that the distance factor affects negatively. In the equation used gross domestic product, 2007- 2008 global economic crises affects trading flows negatively. In the equation generated with population parameter is not significant statistically. Common language and membership to common economic integration has impressed positively the SCO-Turkey foreign trading flows. Common board factor affects foreign trade flows positively in the equation used population where it is non- significant in the equation with gross domestic product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]