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I will call Europe fascist as long as they call me dictator: Turkey’s Erdogan
 [Hurriyet Daily News] President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... has said he would call the European countries fascists as long as they continue to call him a dictator. "You have the freedom to call Erdogan dictator but Erdogan does not have the freedom to call them fascist or Nazi. Take no offense but I will call them fascist as long as they call Erdogan dictator," Erdogan told in a live interview with Dogan TV Ankara representative Hakan Celik aired on CNN Turk and Kanal D on March 23. Erdogan also said he deplored the newly-elected German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s remarks targeting himself. "German President Steinmeier made a statement targeting me although we are good friends. I deplore him for his statement. I wish he had never made such statement," he said. In his first speech as president, Steinmeier said Erdogan risked destroying everything his country had achieved in recent years and damaging ties with its partners. "The way we look [at ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ] is characterised by worry that everything that has been built up over years and decades is collapsing," Steinmeier said on March 22 in his inaugural speech. "President Erdogan, you are jeopardising everything that you, with others, have built," he said, adding that he would welcome "credible signs" to ease the situation. Erdogan also added that he had no plans to visit Germany before the referendum. In addition, the president also clarified his "Nazi" remarks for the Netherlands and Germany, saying that he uttered those words within the context of their definition. "If I criticize Germany, I say this within its definition. If I say this by using the Nazi comparison, I say within its definition. I also say the same thing for the Netherlands. You will not allow my minister to the [Rotterdam] consulate and you will make your dogs bite my citizen... Where is the international law? Then, you are disturbed when we say Nazism," he said. He also stated that the European countries could face with surprises depending on the April 16 referendum results. Erdogan also noted that the problems with Europe were caused by some EU countries, while also acknowledging the U.K.'s Brexit decision. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-24 |
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