Turkey’s ‘artificial borders’, a can of worms
A long-forgotten skeleton tumbled out of the Russo-Turkish cupboard when two prominent Russian lawmakers wrote to the Kremlin demanding the abrogation of the Treaty of Moscow (also known as the Treaty of Friendship and Brotherhood) signed between Bolshevik Russia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ninety-five years ago in March 1921 during the long sunset when the curtain had come down on Czarist and Ottoman Empires and the successor regimes were not yet born.
Also, on Monday in Moscow, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu disclosed that the troops of the Southern Military District, units of the airborne troops and military transport aviation have been put on full combat alert to test their readiness to respond to crisis situations.
The two developments seem unrelated. But they are not. Their thud will be heard in Ankara.
Of course, Russia is not going to war with Turkey. But then, Turkish President Recep Erdogan once again threatened last week about acting against Kurds across the border on Syrian territory no matter what it takes.
http://atimes.com/2016/02/turkeys-artificial-borders-is-a-can-of-worms/
