NEWSRAEL: Warning! The elections in Turkey are set for May 14. That means that anything you hear from Turkey's embattled leader Erdogan cannot be taken at face value.
Erdogan is a master of manipulation. In fact, many analysts say that his "weakness" shown in the last days was a ruse, done in order to garner sympathy from voters.
In this light, we should read this Turkish report that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last Thursday that Turkey will become a nuclear state.
Putin said this in a speech he delivered during his participation via video, in the ceremony of supplying nuclear fuel to the Turkish "Akoyo" plant, for the first time, with the participation of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Having said that, it is clear who Putin is hoping will win the elections.
Wresting Turkey from NATO's lines and putting it on the Axis Putin is building along with China and Iran would be a GREAT victory for Putin. In those same efforts, we can add South Africa.