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The Grand Turk
Erdogan lashes out at French journalist after jihadist aid question
2018-01-06
[ALMASDARNEWS] French President Emmanuel Macron received his Ottoman Turkish counterpart 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...
in Gay Paree on Friday, with the Syrian conflict and media freedom in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
high on the agenda.

On the subject of press freedom and terror, Erdogan appeared to accuse journalists of aiding and abetting forces of Evil through their writing.

"Terror and forces of Evil have gardeners," Erdogan is reported as saying. "They do not appear by themselves. They water from their columns on newspapers. One day these people appear in front of you as terrorists."

Erdogan also said that he is ’tired’ of waiting for the EU to decide on Turkey’s membership.

His visit takes place amid anti-Erdogan demonstrations over press freedom and the deterioration of human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
in the French capital.
Posted by:Fred

#1  He meant to equate it with roses probably, when he said "Terror and forces of Evil have gardeners..."
Posted by: Dron   2018-01-06 02:19  

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