#Turkey's opposition candidate #Kemal_Kılıçdaroğlu proposed a trade map connecting Turkey to #China. Interestingly this map bypasses the #SouthCaucasus and instead goes through #Iran. Many Azerbaijanis expressed anger as they believe that this is the abandonment of the Ankara-backed Baku's "#Zangezour_corridor" project. Worth mentioning that #Azerbaijan's President #Ilham_Aliyev visited Turkey a few days ago and showed complete solidarity with #Erdogan.
Kılıçdaroğlu's map is a reflection of a highway and railway project that connects Turkey to the Turkic States of #Central_Asia and China.
However, his idea is also complex. He argued that the project will anger both the West and China. He says that this project's realization depends on China's treatment of #Uyghurs (he tries to attract the votes of the nationalists). He argues that the trade route will pass from "#Turkestan" (the region where the Uyghurs live).
