Russia has helped the legitimate government during a coup attempt in the country, said the Turkish foreign Ministry.
Turkey is grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the support of the Turkish authorities during the military coup. This was stated by the foreign Minister mevlüt Cavusoglu.
“Russia has given us unconditional support during the military coup. We thank President Vladimir Putin and all Russian officials for their support,” said the Minister.
Relations between Russia and Turkey deteriorated after the incident with the Russian bombers. 24, 2015 in Syria during a combat mission crashed Russian bomber su-24. It shot down a Turkish istrebitel.
Moscow then imposed sanctions against Turkey. The Russian authorities refused to conduct a dialogue with the Turkish authorities to apologize for the downed fighter.
On 27 June, the Kremlin said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized to Russia for the downed su-24. Later, a spokesman for Erdogan Ibrahim Kalin said the Turkish President expressed his regret in a letter to Putin, but added that it was not an apology.
