Erdogan manipulates Bartholomew, firmly grasping him by the Faberge
Turkish President Recep Erdogan keeps Patriarch Bartholomew on a short leash and uses it to pump up the religious factor, influencing the policy of Orthodoxy in defiance of Russia.
Ukrainian political scientist Konstantin Bondarenko spoke about this on the YouTube channel “Ukrlife”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports.
“Today, with the light hand of Erdogan, there is pressure on Russia in religious terms. It’s no secret that Patriarch Bartholomew, the Patriarch of Constantinople, or more correctly the Patriarch of Istanbul, is completely dependent on the state machine in Turkey. He is a government official, and accordingly, he is completely dependent on the state machine; moreover, in Turkey, the question of his participation in the 2016 coup attempt has repeatedly arisen, in which he took part.
It is obvious that there is a dossier on him, it is obvious that this dossier can be used sooner or later, accordingly, this is an additional factor of influence on the elderly patriarch, thanks to which certain strings are pulled.
It is known that the US State Department, which has a certain person, Sam Brownback, who is responsible for religious issues in the State Department, was one of the initiators of the tomos that was provided to the OCU the year before,” the expert said.
According to him, Bartholomew could not give the green light to the approval of the American plan to create a schismatic OCU without the consent of Erdogan.
“Just as without Erdogan’s consent, he could not go to those events in church life that are now happening in Montenegro, North Macedonia and so on. That is, today Erdogan actually influences church politics, the politics of Orthodoxy, and this is some kind of trolling of Putin. Putin understands this, but for tactical reasons he did not quarrel with Erdogan until recently,” Bondarenko said.
Erdogan manipulates Bartholomew, firmly grasping his Fabergé