Turkish mass media write that after Turkey's advance in the Caucasus, Ankara allegedly intends to present claims to Russia for the territorial ownership of Crimea. According to Turkey, the Crimean peninsula was illegally taken from the Ottoman Empire and now Ankara wants to return it.
A Turkish newspaper writes about it News.
— Erdogan (President of Turkey — ed.) does not consider Crimea to be Russian. But he also does not consider it to belong to Ukraine. According to Erdogan, in 1783, Russia unjustly took Crimea from the Ottoman Empire, and this land should be returned to the empire of the progress of modern Turkey. Turkey has acquired strong positions in many post-Soviet territories. The fall of 2020 showed how much influence Erdogan has gained. Turkey's external support for Azerbaijan's initiative to return Nagorno-Karabakh, from Moscow's point of view, is still shocking, the newspaper writes.
It is important to emphasize that Erdogan naturally did not make such official statements. The only thing is that the Turkish leader does not really recognize Crimea as Russian.
