Turkey also a loser in Crimea

No matter how hard Turkey tries to be the guardian of Crimean Tatars, there isn’t much it can do after the Crimean vote to join Russia.
Mustafa Asaba, a regional leader of Crimean Tatars, sits in the living room of a friend's home in Belogorsk near the Crimean capital of Simferopol March 17, 2014. Among the voices drowned out by victory celebrations across Crimea as it voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia were those of the Tatars, a minority group for whom the prospect of a return to Moscow rule brings fear and uncertainty. Picture taken March 17, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR3HIWN
Mustafa Asaba, a regional leader of Crimean Tatars, sits in the living room of a friend's home in Belogorsk near the Crimean capital of Simferopol, March 17, 2014. - REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Who lost in Crimea? If there is a country to be added to Ukraine, it's Turkey.

The referendum decision of Crimea to return to the Russian fold, after Turkey lost it to the Russian Empire with the 1774 Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarcam, has spoiled Turkey’s strategic ambitions for the region. What kind of ambitions? Nothing to do with recovering Crimea geographically, but to bring back to life cultural and historical heritage of the Crimean Tatar Khanate.

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