Turkey's president has found a very creative and effective way to 'stick it' to Russia: Erdogan won't recognize Crimea as Russian territory. Oh no, what will Russia do?
We're hesitant to even write about this, but in case you were wondering: Erdogan has announced that he will never recognize Russia's "unlawful annexation" of Crimea. This guy is a real hoot:
President Erdoğan said in a speech on Wednesday with his Ukranian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Turkey has not recognized Russia's unlawful annexation of Crimea and will not recognize it from now on.
Stickin' it to Russia!
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He also rejected Russia's intervention in Syria on the pretext that it was made on the call of the Syrian regime.
Yeah, being asked by a sovereign government to help root out foreign-backed terrorists is not a legitimate pretext for getting involved in Syria. If you're not violating Syria's sovereignty, like the US or Turkey, you're not "intervening" in the right way!
Erdogan is honestly the most butthurt leader currently polluting the world stage. No wonder he gets along so well with Poroshenko:
Not surprisingly, there's a (popular?) theory in Turkey that Crimea should be given to....yes, you guessed it: Turkey! Because of some treaty signed 300 year sago.
In the last 18 months, almost 2,000 criminal cases have been opened against Turks who have "insulted" Erdogan.
It's time to stop hurting the feelings of this very sensitive, special snowflake and return Crimea to Turkey. We hope you're listening, Putin.
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