Russia and Turkey: More Than a Rapprochement?
... 9, 2016 a high level meeting between Presidents of Russia and Turkey took place in St. Petersburg. This crucially important summit was the first foreign visit made by Erdogan after the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July, 15. Historically ... ..., Washington is supporting the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, which is considered in Ankara as a branch of the Kurdish ... ... Russian gas to Southeast Europe. Nevertheless, due to the fact that Gazprom is conducting talks with European Commission (EC) to construct ... ... competition between Nord Stream–2, Turkish Stream and even South Stream projects is reemerging and if the Nord Stream – ...