Turkey’s Erdoğan seeks Putin’s help in upcoming elections amid economic woes

Source:Nordic Monitor Date:13Sep2022

According to former intelligence officer Enver Altaylı, who has studied Russia for decades and believes Russia has imperial goals, with Turkey being one of Moscow’s targets, the negative views of the Turkish public towards the US, the West and NATO during the Russian-Ukrainian war must be attributed to intelligence activities by the Russian secret service FSB, which expended a significant amount of money to build a pro-Russia and anti-West Turkey.

“Many journalists are paid with these funds for their propaganda in favor of Russia no matter what,” he claimed.

Speculative, but definitely worth considering  in any analysis of Turkish politics

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