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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with the Russian president on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders' summit in Samarkand on Sept. 16, 2022. Alexandr Demyanchuk/AFP via Getty Images
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held separate phone conversations on Jan. 5 with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Despite being a NATO member, Ankara enjoys good relations with both Moscow and Kyiv.
