Wonder how Putin will react; having a jihadist Turkey is bad for Europe, but it's just as bad for Russia. An Ottoman-Persian axis is bad for both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Wonder how Putin will react; having a jihadist Turkey is bad for Europe, but it’s just as bad for Russia. An Ottoman-Persian axis is bad for both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Not really. Putin and Erdogan have far more in common than not. They are authoritarian birds of a feather and if Turkey is to tilt away from western europe then fascist Russia is most likely partner for it.