Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remark on Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly laid bare Ankara’s choice to foreground solidarity with Pakistan over rebuilding ties with India. By urging a UN Security Council based dialogue and invoking “our Kashmiri brothers and sisters,” Erdogan repeated a well-worn script that pleases Islamabad but alienates New Delhi.

That posture matters because it comes after the April Pahalgam terror attack and India’s retaliatory Operation Sindoor in May, episodes that strained the region and triggered strong reactions. Turkey’s vocal backing of Pakistan, including diplomatic condemnation of India’s strikes and reported military support, has fed consumer-led boycott calls in India and hit Turkish tourism and trade. The UN remarks therefore expos

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