'Kurdish people's gains made Turkey captive to Russian policies'

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In this period when the Middle East map is redrawn, the Turkish occupation state seeks to gain its share. Turkey which is a member of NATO is cooperating with Russia now on the situation in Syria which is lost between Russia and Turkey on the account of antagonizing the Kurdish people.

On the Turkish-US relations and Turkish-Russian relations, the politician and the specialist of the Middle East affairs Niyaz Hamid has spoken to ANHA agency.

"Turkey has become captive to Russia"

Niyaz Hamid said that Turkey has become captive to Russia through its recent projects and agreements which have been hold with it and he drew attention to the recent project between Russia and Turkey on the case of natural gas which was officially agreed on October 10, 2016.

Niyaz Hamid said that the Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated the natural gas project in the presence of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and he said, "The project is consisted of two pipelines; the first line is to transfer the natural gas from Russia to Turkey, and the second line to transport the gas to the South-Eastern Europe countries.

This project is of great importance to the Turkish and Russian economies and at the same time, it is a major blow to the US economy because the price of gas transported through this project to Europe is 20% less than the price of gas transferred from America to Europe.

This project will deepen the disputes between Russia and America on one side and Turkey and America on the other side. Russia is seeking through this project to control the energy in Turkey and control the political will of Erdogan.

"The goal is to weaken US influence"

Niyaz Hamid said that Russia's goal of the agreement with Turkey on the Syrian territory is to weaken the US influence in the Middle East. He said, "When we look at Idlib's issue, we find that the Russian-Turkish relations are strong and both share in the support of the al-Qaeda mercenaries there. The Russian and Turkish scheme is to use these mercenaries in the fight against the Kurds and America in order to weaken the US influence in Syria."

"US does not look at Turkey as a friend, but as an enemy"

On the visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to the US and his return, Niyaz Hamid said, "Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu returned from America without achieving a goal. The differences between America and Turkey are because of the US-Saudi relations. Turkey and Saudi are competing on controlling the Islamic world although Turkey has made several documents regarding the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashigji to America, but it has not issued judgments against 17 people involved in the case yet.

Turkey sought to weaken Saudi Arabia at the hands of America, but America did not achieve the hope of Turkey. On the contrary, the US President Donald Trump said that their strategic relations with Saudi Arabia are good. America would have been happy if Turkey had not resorted to Russia, but Russia was gradually taking control of Erdogan's political will.

"Rohani, Erdogan and Putin's plans must be understood well"

Niyaz Hamid said that Turkey seeks to weaken the influence of America in the area through Russia and Iran and concluded by saying, "These forces seek to divide the influence in the Middle East among themselves. One of the reasons behind their goal is the gains achieved by the Kurdish people in Syria and the relationship between the Kurds and America. These filthy schemes pose a threat to the Kurdish people and the gains they have made so we must understand the plans of Rohani, Erdogan and Putin well and slander them.

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ANHA