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The Grand Turk
Erdogan did not claim Trump apologized for Washington brawl: Spokesperson
2017-09-22
[Hurriyet Daily News] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
did not claim that U.S. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
apologized to him over a brawl involving Ottoman Turkish security officers, Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin stated on Sept. 21.

"President Erdogan didn’t say President Trump ’apologized’ to him but he said he was ’saddened’ by what happened. That is the correct translation," Kalin said in a tweet.

Following a translated interview with Erdogan, U.S. TV show PBS NewsHour reported that the Ottoman Turkish president had said Trump had "said he was sorry" for the incident in May, in which Erdogan’s security detail brawled with protesters outside the Ottoman Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington.

The Sept. 19 report prompted the White House to deny that Trump had made such an apology during a telephone call between the leaders.

Following the May 16 confrontation during Erdogan’s previous visit to the U.S., a grand jury indicted 19 people, including 15 Ottoman Turkish security guards.

Erdogan condemned the indictment after it was announced earlier this month, saying "it is clearly a scandalous sign of how justice works in America."
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