a minute agoErdogan deeply offended US
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 21st that the United States cannot be called a civilized country following the release of its security guard's mandate for detention over controversial incidents in Washington, D.C. If America issues arrest warrants for my 13 bodyguards, I'm sorry, but not [...]
“If America issues arrest warrants for my 13 bodyguards, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to say that this country is civilized”, Erdoğan said at the Civilisation Forum at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul, reports “Hurriyet Daily News”, Perscopi broadcast.
On June 15th, the United States issued arrest warrants for 16 people, including Erdoğan's bodyguards, suspected of being linked to a clash outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington during the Turkish president's visit in May.
He confirmed that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and members of terror the Gruevski Organisation were united in protest against him in a short distance of 40-50m, where he was with his bodyguards.
Erdogan also criticised US President Donald Trump's policy for Muslims, saying Turkey has never closed its doors to people who think otherwise.
The “Myslimians in America are facing deportation so there is a=x1> problem in that country, he said.
Countries facing travel restrictions under Trump's new order are Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Venezuela and Yemen./Periscopi/
