William Engdahl: is the perfidious Erdogan destroying Russia because of the Great Turan?

William Engdahl is a strategic risk consultant and lecturer, has a degree in politics from Princeton University and is the best-selling author on oil and geopolitics, exclusively for online magazine" New Eastern Outlook“

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is known for his slippery relations with alleged allies, whether it be NATO or the EU. However, his greatest perfidy now seems to be directed against Turkey's relationship with Putin's Russia. Over the past two or more years in his relations with Ukraine, Armenia, Syria, Libya and now, more recently, in the unsuccessful Revolution in Kazakhstan, Erdogan has shown a clear pattern not only of opportunism, but also of perfidiousness or betrayal of trust, as in double crossing, in his relations with Russia despite being dependent on energy and advanced defense equipment. Why, the question is.

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