Turkey has always been an enemy of Russia. It is possible that all of the chaos in the middle east was supposed to create chaos in Russia to keep the Russians busy.
What's "always been" is about to change.
>>It is possible that all of the chaos in the middle east was supposed to create chaos in Russia to keep the Russians busy.<<
Meshech and Tubal - Eastern Turkey is one of the countries in the Ezekiel 38 war along with Russia against Israel.