
Turkish President Erdogan (left) and the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the State Duma of Russia, Alexei Pushkov (Source: Hurriyet Daily News)
MOSCOW (Hurriyet Daily News)—Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan’s recent assertion that the Turkish military operation in Syria was aimed at “ending the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assadâ€