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Turkey’s tilt toward Pakistan provokes India’s ire

An Indian intelligence reports sees Turkey as becoming a hub for anti-India activities second only to Pakistan.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) chats with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) during the 10th BRICS summit (the grouping of the world's leading emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on July 27, 2018, in Johannesburg, South Africa. — GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images

The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is faced with a potential new foe, India, a close ally of Israel, that is loudly signaling it may join swelling axis of anti-Turkey nations led by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Greece.

The acrimony is being channeled through a spate of nasty articles in the Indian media casting Turkey as a malign meddler that is seeking to recruit and radicalize India’s estimated 182 million Muslims in cahoots with Pakistan.

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