Putin congratulates 'dear friend' Erdogan as NATO's Turkey challenge looks set to stay

Turkey on Sunday voted for another five years of the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the powerful, nationalist president who now enters his third decade in power. Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the leaders that congratulated Erdogan on his win on Monday, calling him a "dear…

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