Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denounced Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. Erdogan met with his Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy on 3 February in Ukraine.

They held a bilateral meeting and attended a business forum. Erdoğan later said that his country’s support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity will continue, adding that Ankara is “closely monitoring" the situation of Crimea's Tatar Turks.

Russian security forces in Crimea have arrested dozens of Cri...