What the 'Russian lobby' in Ankara wants
A group of so-called Eurasianists are again whispering to Ankara that Turkey's future lies with Russia and China and have outlined a plan for severing ties with Europe.
![FRANCE-CHR/ARMENIA Dogu Perincek, Chairman of the Turkish Workers' Party addresses supporters at the end of a hearing at the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, January 28, 2015. The European Court of Human Rights holds an hearing on Wednesday on the case of Perincek against Switzerland. Perincek was found guilty of racial discrimination by a Swiss Police Court for having publicly denied the characterisation of genocide, without calling into question the existence of massacres and deportations of Armenians in 1915 i](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/12/RTR4NAFS.jpg/RTR4NAFS.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=UW3lTFAY)
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