Erdogan and Putin: Complicated Relations With Mutual Benefits - The New York Times

Erdogan and Putin: Complicated Relations With Mutual Benefits Turkey needs Russian cash, gas and business as Erdogan looks to a dicey election and a new incursion in Syria, while Moscow needs friends to try to evade Western sanctions. By Steven Erlanger Aug. 11, 2022, 9:02 a.m. ET BRUSSELS — Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in political difficulty before elections next year, with his economy imploding, a central bank nearly out of foreign exchange and volcanic inflation running at about 80 percent annually. More:Erdogan and Putin: Complicated Relations With Mutual Benefits - The New York Times