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Reuters
Reuters
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By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever

Turkey set to keep strong Russia ties whoever wins election

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022. File Photo/ Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Whoever wins Turkey's elections this month, the NATO-member is expected to maintain cordial relations with Russia that have already endured several years of dramatic change in Ankara's foreign policy.

What prompted that change was Turkey's severe economic crisis, which forced President Tayyip Erdogan to mend strained relations with nations such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel, which he had previously vehemently criticized, analysts said.

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