Sputnik has helped to drum up support for the rapprochement between Turkey and Russia
commander is spotted receiving treatment in a Turkish hospital near the border with Syria. A court awards compensation to a Kurdish villager beaten senseless by security officials. A writer accuses the government of fearmongering after a prosecutor demands life sentences for 16 people involved in protests. These are the kind of stories only a few media outlets in Turkey, the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, dare to cover.
Later in 2016, Mr Erdogan travelled to St Petersburg, where he thanked Mr Putin for condemning a coup attempt against Turkey’s government, agreed to bridge differences over the war in Syria, revived a number of joint energy projects, including an undersea gas pipeline from Russia, and expressed interest in purchasing a Russian weapons system. Mr Putin won one other concession. The day before Mr Erdogan’s visit, Turkey unblocked Sputnik.
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