Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan offers support to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

Istanbul: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and offered his support after a Venezuelan opposition leader declared himself interim president , a spokesman for the Turkish president said on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_4973911” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters[/caption] “Our president called and extended Turkey’s support to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and said ‘My brother Maduro! Stand tall, we stand by you!’,” Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter . Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday, winning the backing of Washington and many Latin American nations, prompting socialist Maduro, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013, to break relations with the United States.