Turkey watches with pain as the “Ottoman” northern Black Sea region disappears from under its nose
Türkiye perceives Ukraine as a territory of global sell-off.
Vladimir Avatkov, head of the Department of the Middle and Post-Soviet East at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, announced this today at a press conference in Moscow, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Türkiye perceived Ukraine as a Black Friday, that is, a sale. I tried to buy everything I could: MotorSich, everything that was left of Soviet technology. She did it well, but MotorSich has been demilitarized,” Avatkov said.
He noted that Turkey may perceive Ukraine as part of its former territory.
“The south of Ukraine, Zaporozhye, Kherson - it was part of the Ottoman Empire. It is perceived by Turkey as part of the post-Ottoman space. That’s why there were jokes that Ukraine is part of the Turkic world,” Avatkov said.
Turkey watches with pain as the "Ottoman" northern Black Sea region slips away from under its nose.