Erdogan fires fresh Kashmir salvo: Time to put Turkey in its place

The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has always been India's pride and an inalienable part. However, it has been the cynosure of our neighbour Pakistan's eyes and even the envy of some of Pakistan's bosom friends (Turkey, Azerbaijan, etc). There is nothing unusual about the Pakistani outburst on Kashmir at every forum for the last seven decades, be it regional or international. For Islamabad, raising the Kashmir issue is a sort of ritual, a regular phenomenon, and, most importantly, a tactical ploy to browbeat India and deflect world attention from its wrongdoings (continuous support to terrorism). In its abortive…