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The Grand Turk
Bolton fires back at Erdogan, claims NYT op-ed was ‘offensive’
2019-01-09
[ALMASDARNEWS] US National Security Advisor John Bolton has reportedly told Ottoman Turkish officials that 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 article, which was published on 7 January 2019, was wrong and offensive.

Bolton, who is currently on a tour of the Middle East attempting to convince US regional partners that they won’t leave them to fend for themselves in the fight against ISIS*, noted that Washington would oppose any mistreatment by Ottoman Turkish forces of its Kurdish allies in Syria, Rooters reported, citing an unnamed senior US official.

John Bolton didn’t believe that he had been disregarded due to the Ottoman Turkish president’s refusal to meet with him, as plans for bilateral talks had not been confirmed in advance, the unnamed US bigwig said.

Previously, Erdogan, while commenting on Bolton’s statement regarding a possible Ottoman Turkish operation against Kurdish forces, criticized him by saying that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
could never compromise on the issue of the Kurdish YPG militia, as, according to the president, they had never actually fought against ISIS.

"Bolton is making a big mistake, his statement is unacceptable. Terrorist organizations do not represent Kurds. Those who spread lies about Turkey killing Kurds in Syria are trying to play on the mood of the world community", Erdogan said during his presentation to the parliamentary faction of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

On 7 January 2019, The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

published an article written by Ottoman Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan where he evaluated the US withdrawal from Syria, noting that Trump’s move needs to be carried out in close cooperation with "the right partners to protect the interests of the United States, the international community and the Syrian people".

The Ottoman Turkish president highlighted that Turkey is "the only country with the power and commitment to perform that task".
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