Once friends, today enemy What changed in reports between Berisha and Erdogan

I want to punish once again with the greatest severity of Edi Rama's cynical, low attitude towards education, to private schools in Albania. This gross vassal of Turkey's president, Erdogan, who considers Albania a place where he can order openings and closures of schools, mosques, etc.”, the DP leader said.

But the Berisha-Erdogan report has not always been such.

At the time that Sali Berisha was Albania's prime minister, Erdogan was a close friend. He took part in inaugurations of important works, and Berisha often visited him in Ankara.

In April 2012, when Berisha visited Turkey with the status of prime minister, the reception and words Erdogan reserved for him were very warm.

Our relations with Albania are brotherly. Albania is our strategic ally in the Balkans”, Erdogan was expressed at the time.

Even the words Berisha returned to Erdogan were more than friendly.

You stressed, we have blood connections. Every Turkish delegation I meet, after the official part ends, asked them a question; Which of you has Albanian blood in the water?” expressed Berisha.

Beyond these statements, 2012 seems to have been the crucial moment that has broken the Berisha-Erdogan reports without a return.

It was Berisha himself who discovered in 2018 a backstage, which he claimed caused the breakdown of relations with Erdogan.

And if in 2018 Berisha had turned against Erdogan but continued to respect him, after 2021 he also seemed to lose respect.

On January 17, 2022 Erdogan came to Albania and held a word in Parliament. Berisha missed the hall and showed why he had lost respect for the Turkish president.

According to him, Erdogan had intervened in the 25 April elections in favour of Edi Rama. After this moment, Berisha launched several attacks on Erdogan on his efforts to intervene in the Muslim Albanian Community elections.