The passage of the Russian warship through the Turkish straits comes amid escalating tension between the two countries after a Turkish F-16 recently downed a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border.
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Turkey has claimed Russian Federation is trading oil with the Islamic State, countering Moscow’s claims that Turkey’s president was personally involved in deals with the terrorist group. Turkey said the plane was shot down because it violated Turkish airspace, while Russian Federation denied a violation had occurred and vowed serious consequences as a result.
Mr Davutoglu said the sanctions would be detrimental to both sides. Moscow has retaliated with a raft of sanctions and accused Ankara of treachery. Russian Federation also called on its nationals to boycott Turkey as a tourist destination.
“I don’t expect to see the relationship being reduced to zero under any circumstances”, said Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek speaking with local media about trade with Moscow. However, Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said it was unlikely Russian Federation would move to restore visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the near term.
A “clear provocation”, is that the Russian ship “in such a way” have crossed the Bosphorus, he said the Channel Kanal of 24 Mevlüt hope that it was an “isolated case”. “Turkey is a secure country for everyone”.
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Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom will build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant at a cost of $20 billion in the southern province of Mersin on the Mediterranean coast. Dating from 1936, the treaty gives Turkey control of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles – the waterways connecting the Black and Mediterraneans seas.
