Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik said in an interview with The Washington Post that close Turkish-Russian relations doesn't mean that Turkey is turning its back to the West.
He stressed that there is "no shift of axis whatsoever". Celik said that believes that those who claim it have their compasses wrong.
"Those who have failed to support Turkey after the coup are using it as a kind of propaganda. Turkey’s closer relations with Russia are in no way a substitute for relations with the Western alliance. On the contrary, they’re complementary to each other," he noted.
He added that there is no escalation of anti-Americanism in the country, but it’s quite normal for Turkish people to feel negative reaction about the US's refusal to extradite Gulen.
