Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to two cities where unrest has occurred and again condemned his detractors as “a handful of looters” and vandals.
In the southern city of Adana, where pro- and anti-government protesters clashed Saturday night, Erdogan greeted supporters from the top of a bus before lashing out at his opponents in the highly polarized country
If he wanted to defuse the situation, he might do well to acknowledge the protestor’s grievances rather than insult them.
Another nation’s leader said that Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, “is one of the few foreign leaders with whom he has developed “’friendships and the bonds of trust.’”
Before I read a single word, I was wondering if you were going to talk about Turkey or the U.S.
No wonder Obama and Erdogan are buds. Birds of a feather…
One Authoritarian “populist” to another. The next time Obama appears on a balcony, …RUN.
All four of my grandparents (as well as a few million other ethnic Armenians) began life as Turkish citizens.
Without belaboring events that happened a century ago, let’s just say that waking up every morning with a healthy fear of our own government runs in the family.
Imagine how Armenians must feel.
Hmm… “Friendship?” “Bonds of trust?”
Sounds like Erdogan is Obama’s Putin. Only Obama likes Erdogan’s “soul.”