...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
wants to "walk with Africa," 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...has stated at the end of a five-day tour of four African countries.
"We want to walk with Africa as a new world order is established," Erdogan wrote on his Twitter account on March 3.
He added that he held "productive" talks in Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
and Mali, particularly noting that Ankara sees Algeria as an "island of political and economic stability" in the region.
"God willing, we will increase our friendship in every area and we will come to a better point especially in terms of investments," Erdogan wrote.
He added the Ankara plans to realize joint projects with Mauritania in the areas of health, agriculture, media and humanitarian aid
."As our private sector increases investments in Mauritania, we intend to develop our relations based on the principle of ’win-win,’" he wrote.
Erdogan also stated that enhancing good political and economic relations with Senegal would be one of Turkey’s priorities in the coming period.
"We are ready to do our part for the political and economic stability of Mali, to which I paid the first visit at a presidential level. We will strengthen our brotherhood while reinforcing cultural and trade relations," he wrote.