Turkey condemns Joe Biden's criticism of 'autocrat' President Erdogan

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ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey on Sunday (Aug 16) condemned remarks made by US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and calling for support for the Turkish leader's opponents.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ISTANBUL - Turkey on Sunday condemned remarks made by US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and calling for support for the Turkish leader's opponents.

"What I think we should be doing is taking a very different approach to him now, making it clear that we support opposition leadership," Mr Biden said. "The analysis of Turkey by @JoeBiden is based on pure ignorance, arrogance and hypocrisy," Mr Erdogan's spokesman, Mr Ibrahim Kalin, tweeted.

 

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