History of the Crack in the Russia-Turkey Relations

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Russia and Turkey are part of the Caucasian race. They are both situated near the continent of Europe, and they have shared historical events. Russia is bigger and more relevant in the international community than Turkey. These two countries had worked together and had agreed on the same issues in their relation, but they have also differed in some issues.
Slavic (Russian) and Turkic (Turkish) people have been in contact for hundred of years. The Turks were separated from Russia by the Black Sea and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to the northwest and the Caucasus Mountains to the East. The Turks founded the Ottoman Empire and began to expand, the Russian founded the Russian Empire also and they also expanded.
These two empires were on conflicting sides on some issues, most at times these issues were religious issues. They had disagreements and there was lack of trust between the two empires. This disagreement culminated to the two sides taking conflicting parts in the event of the First World War.
After the First World War, the relation between these two countries began to get better; by this time, Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire no longer existed. Turkey and Russia were now countries. Peace and international relation treaty was signed between the two countries.
During the Second World War, Turkey was neutral, and so it didn’t lend its support to any country; however, that Turkey allowed the Germans’ military passage through its territory angered the Russian government. The West supported Turkey’s stance on some issues and they were glad that Turkey was not a communist nation or cajoled into being one by Russia. Through the period of the Cold and Korean Wars, Turkey and Russia were in different camps.
After the Cold War, the relation between these two countries has not been bad or strained. Some tasty economic deals were signed by the two countries. However, on the 24th of November, 2015, Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 during an airspace dispute close to Turkish-Syrian border. The Russian government has strongly condemned the actions of the Turkish government, and the Russian government says that this will strain the relationship of the two countries. The Turkish government has not apologized. The Russian government accuses Turkey of its complexity in the crisis caused by ISIS. And this recent event might shatter the good relationship that had soared in the recent years between these two countries.

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