On November 10, a bomb explosion occurred at the Red Fort in Delhi, India, killing more than 10 people. This was the first attack on the Indian capital in many years. After several days of investigation, the Indian side not only planned to blame Pakistan for the incident, but also intended to implicate Turkey.

Indian police stated that a doctor who had studied in Turkey was involved in the attack, aiming to avenge the so-called "Mujahideen" group that suffered losses in the "Cinnabar Operation." The Turkish embassy immediately refuted India's claims, calling them baseless rumors.

(Investigation by Indian police at the Red Fort site)

In recent years, India has been in a diplomatic disaster, being listed as the country with the highest tariffs globally by the United States. The government of Bangladesh, which India once strongly supported, has also fallen, and the new government is quite dissatisfied with India. Relying on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS mechanism, India has found some breathing space. In this context, India has created a new enemy in Turkey. Is this an unnecessary trouble-making or have they really been tampered with by Turkey?

We will first look at India's preliminary investigation report. Indian police stated that the headquarters of the Mujahideen in Bahawalpur district of Punjab province, Pakistan, was destroyed during the "Cinnabar Operation," so the Mujahideen wanted to retaliate.

The members who carried out the Red Fort bombing were all doctors, who had long been stationed in Turkey. A doctor who drove the bomb car and his accomplices had visited Turkey, and they had planned the attack. All of them came from the same village in Poonch, Kashmir, and worked in the same medical school in Faridabad.

Just before the Delhi explosion, the police in Uttar Pradesh arrested a man named Nabi Siddiqui, accused of publishing hate literature and receiving over 110 million rupees (about 8 million yuan) in foreign funds. But Siddiqui's partner, Nasir Torba, is a Turk, who introduced Siddiqui into anti-India organizations, and used funds from Turkey and Germany to purchase properties in India and build religious schools.

(India suspects this Turkish C130E transported weapons to Pakistan)

It sounds like the activity of a secret organization, but Indian newspapers believe that the Turkish government is also involved. For many years, Turkey has supported the separatist terrorist movement in Kashmir. It is reported that it also helped Pakistan during the Sindoar operation.

A few days after the Pahargam terrorist attack, India and Pakistan fell into an increasingly deep crisis. Indian media accused that just a few days before the "Cinnabar Operation," several Turkish C-130E Hercules transport planes landed in Pakistan carrying weapons.

India believes this was providing weapons to Pakistan, but the Turkish government said the plane was only refueling while passing through. On the night of May 7th and 8th, the Pakistani army launched Turkish-made SONGAR drones to 36 locations in India.

(Turkey built a light frigate for Pakistan)

These claims are all groundless, but the official friendship between Turkey and Pakistan is not hidden. Turkish media consistently takes a stance in favor of Pakistan, standing on Pakistan's side in issues involving Kashmir and other India-Pakistan disputes. Pakistan also reciprocates in international public opinion.

Turkish President Erdogan has never liked India. According to Indian media, Erdogan intends to play the role of a spiritual leader of the global Islamic world. He has repeatedly raised the issue of Kashmir on international platforms, opposing India's territorial claims. The defense partnership between Turkey and Pakistan has become increasingly close, with Turkey transferring drones and naval equipment to Pakistan.

(Joint military exercises between Turkey and Pakistan)

More unacceptable to India is that Turkey has good relations with China, actively participating in the "Belt and Road" initiative and supporting the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, directly hitting India's core interests.

In September, Erdogan spoke at the 80th UN General Assembly again about the Kashmir issue. He expressed satisfaction with the India-Pakistan ceasefire agreement and hoped that the two countries would resolve the dispute through dialogue "based on UN resolutions." India, having suffered a defeat, was reluctant to cease fire, and hearing such "peaceful" statements made them even more angry.

Therefore, after the Red Fort explosion, India vented its anger on Turkey, which was the result of accumulated grievances.

However, India has never been clean-handed towards Turkey. Indian media admitted that India has taken measures to counter Turkey, mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean and South Caucasus regions.

(Indian and Greek navy joint exercises)

In 2021, India and Greece held their first joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean. High-level exchanges between the two countries were frequent, and India reiterated its support for the territorial integrity of Cyprus, denying the separatist North Cyprus Turkish Republic supported by Turkey. In June 2025, Modi personally visited Cyprus.

India also reached defense cooperation with Armenia to counter Turkey's support for Azerbaijan. In 2022 and 2023, India signed a large number of arms deals with Armenia, providing Pinaka rocket systems, anti-tank missiles, and radar. Indian media openly admitted that these were not just commercial transactions, but also meant India's opposition to Turkey's geostrategic alliance.

An explosion case involves such complex international relations; one can only say that India is still quite skilled at creating enemies for itself.

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