Erdogan backing Russian stance in return for pre-election cash boost
With a 2023 vote looming, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity has declined amid an economic crisis that has seen the country's inflation rate hit 81%.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a news conference following talks in Moscow in 2020.(photo credit: Pavel Golovkin/Reuters)ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
