Worked great with Putin ! Oh , wait , it accomplished the opposite . Turkey isn ' t Russia . Totally different countries . If economy goes bad , Erdogan will lose votes . He got lowest percent of votes in 2 elections 2009 local elections Global Financial Crisis of 20072008 and 2015 general elections lowest growth rate of turkish economy . Russian people don ' t have basic voting culture . They see Putin as a part of Russia . They still live in USSR times so when economy goes bad , they still defended Putin against evil west . While in Turkey people just gonna find another strong leader to make economy better . Erdogan was elected because of this reason in the first place . <| sep |> Of course it is . Your uncomfortable with the truth and going outside your safe bubble . It ' s totally understandable .