Along with the "Crimean haters", Turkey should listen to the inhabitants of the peninsula. This was stated by the representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov. According to him, after receiving the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin and leader of the extremist organization "Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people" Mustafa Dzhemiliva (banned in Russia) Ankara should take Crimean activists to have an objective picture of what is happening on the peninsula. For the sake of this, the public is ready to go to Turkey with a whole cultural and educational mission. "They are ready to hold exhibitions and cultural events, so that the authorities and citizens of Turkey understand the true situation in the Crimea and that it is perceived objectively," Muradova quoted RIA Novosti as saying.. Earlier, the representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the Turkish government does not recognize the accession of Crimea to Russia as legitimate.

He also accused the European Union of having forgotten the situation with the peninsula.