Turkey expects Turkic states to ‘make up for’ ruling out recognising north

The four Turkic states which signed a joint declaration with the European Union ruling out the prospect of any of them recognising the north as an independent country are expected to “make up for it” in the near future, Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday night. Speaking to television channel TV100, he said Turkey had been taken by surprise by the decision of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and non-Turkic Tajikistan to sign such...