Satanovsky revealed why Erdogan contradicts Putin about the Crimea

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Political scientist, president of the center “Institute of the Middle East” Yevgeny Satanovsky explained to the Telegram channel “Radio channel NSN” why Turkish President Recep Erdogan continues to publicly deny the territorial affiliation of the Crimea to Russia.

Earlier, Erdogan said that the peninsula was “annexed”, and Ankara intends to defend the territorial integrity of Ukraine. After these words, President Vladimir Zelensky thanked his Turkish counterpart.

Satanovsky stressed that there is a paradox in this situation – Erdogan personally has very good relations with Vladimir Putin, but the Turkish leader still believes that Crimea belongs to Turkey. And this is despite the fact that Russia has conquered Crimea and other territories in more than a dozen wars with the Ottoman Empire. “But this does not mean at all,that the collapse of the USSR was not perceived in Turkey as a historical chance, ” the political scientist explained.

Recall that this is not the first time when Erdogan speaks about the Ukrainian affiliation of the Crimea. A number of Turkish politicians also drew attention to the situation with the Crimean Tatars on the peninsula, whom they consider to be a people related to the Turks.

Источник www.mk.ru

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