According to him, it is still unclear if the closure is directly related to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rather harsh and critical remarks on Turkey during his Q&A on Thursday or something else.
"For all those Turks who study Russia this decision came as a surprise, something that cannot be explained. Turkish authorities refuse to provide any explanations on the matter," he said.
He voiced hope about the reopening of the Sputnik news website in Turkey, quoting a spokesperson for the Turkish Telecommunications Department as saying that the website's closure is considered temporary until the court makes a final decision.
"I would like to believe in it, because I always read this website to get the news on Russia. In this sense, the website's closure certainly affects everyone who studies Russia, including students, researchers and writers," he said.
He specifically stressed the significance of the Sputnik news agency website being reopened in the nearest future.
"I hope that Turkish authorities will cancel the decision on the website's closure and that the website will be available again in Turkey in the immediate future, something that is of paramount importance to us. I think that there will be no foot-dragging on the reopening," he concluded.
Sputnik, which is the foreign language news site in Russia's Rossiya Segodnya media holding, was blocked in Turkey on Thursday evening amid so-called "administrative measures."
In January 2015, the Turkish Prime Minister and other ministers received the right to block any type of resource on the Internet without a court order. The ministers may demand the Turkish Telecommunications Department and providers to block sites or delete content within four hours after receiving a notice of "national security, protection of social order, or for the prevention of crime."
