Putin praises Erdogan's great authority

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Turkey's Recep Tayip Erdogan on his re-election at the helm of the country, saying the result has highlighted Erdogan's great political authority and popular support for it.

The results of the vote show full support for Erdogan's authority, people's support for him for measures taken under his leadership to resolve economic and social issues that empowered the country's position in the International Arena”, Putin has said.

Erdogan, who has led the country in the last decade, has also won a five-year term, with greater powers, while the opposition has raised several questions about monitoring the deployments.

The Ankara-Moscow relationship was tested by the crisis of late 2015, when Turkey crashed a Russian military plane in Syria. A condition since then the two sides have tried to get behind their backs.