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The Grand Turk
Turkish official claims Turkey is the ‘only friend’ of the Kurds
2019-01-09
Oh my. That, dear Reader, is about as perfect example of chutzpah as I have ever seen.
[ALMASDARNEWS] A Ottoman Turkish political official with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) claimed on Tuesday that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 is the "only friend" the Kurds have in this world.

Omer Celik, the front man for President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
’s governing Ottoman Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP), on Tuesday, rejected claims that Turkey was a threat to Kurds and said that Turkey was the Kurds’ "only friend."

"No one can teach the Republic of Turkey lessons about protecting our Kurdish brothers," he began.

"The Republic of Turkey is the biggest, even the only friend of the Kurds", Celik told news hounds, as quoted by Anadolu.

He then rejected any accusations leveled at Turkey and concerns over its treatment of Kurds.

"Those who tell Turkey ’don’t touch Kurds’ should look in the mirror and remember their oppression of Kurds", Celik emphasized.
Posted by:Fred

#8  There are a lot of Kurds living within the borders of Turkey, I'd like to hear from them.
Posted by: jvalentour   2019-01-09 13:40  

#7  With friends like that, who needs others to genocide you?
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-01-09 10:19  

#6  No Armenians could be reached for comment
Posted by: Shuns Phins7027   2019-01-09 09:03  

#5  "Everybody likes me. If I had friends they'd confirm this."

Sorry EC, I'm hijacking that one.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-09 08:18  

#4  With those friends...

Reminds me of: "Everybody likes me. If I had friends they'd confirm this."
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-01-09 08:16  

#3  Turkish poohbahs seem to have graduated from the Iranian school of taqqiya.
Posted by: Blossom Clunk4362   2019-01-09 07:35  

#2  "No one can teach the Republic of Turkey lessons about protecting our Kurdish brothers," he began.
"We have had so much practice with the Armenians that we have the subject mastered!" (/sarc, in case it's needed...)
Posted by: magpie   2019-01-09 02:58  

#1  Liar.
Posted by: newc   2019-01-09 01:56  

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