Nearly 79% of Turkish citizens would prefer that their country cultivate a partnership with Russia rather than the United States, a recent survey found.
Daily Sabah: Survey – Turkish citizens prefer Russia to US as strategic partner
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony launching the construction of Turkey's first first nuclear power plant at Presidential Complex on April 3, 2018. - "In the name of God!" Erdogan said standing next to Putin at the presidential palace in Ankara as he ordered through a video link the launch of the $20 billion dollar Akkuyu nuclear power plant project in the Mediterranean Mersin region. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN / AFP)