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Turkey condemns Greek newspaper headline abusing Erdogan
2020-09-20
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Ottoman Turkish government has condemned a headline in a Greek newspaper that insults President His Enormity, 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 Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
, urging Athens to take action.

The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
's foreign ministry had already summoned Greece's ambassador over the headline in Dimokratia newspaper, also available on its website.

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The headline "Siktir Git Mr. Erdogan", which means "f*** off" in Ottoman Turkish, appears next to a photo of the president in the Greek newspaper, which also added the English translation.

"I condemn in the strongest terms the publication of insults directed at our President... on the front page of an extreme right newspaper," Fahrettin Altun, communications director at the Ottoman Turkish presidency, wrote in a letter to Greek government front man Stelios Petsas made public on Saturday.

He urged Greece to bring to account those responsible for the "shameless" action.

"Insulting a foreign leader is nothing but a sign of helplessness and lack of reason and does not fall within the scope of press freedom or freedom of expression," he said.

The Greek foreign ministry had said on Friday freedom of expression was fully protected in the EU member country but added: "The use of offensive language is contrary to our country's political culture and can only be condemned."

The two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
countries are already locked in a heated dispute over energy exploration in contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Geeeesh, you'd think the Greek newspaper mentioned the Armenian Genocide or something.
Posted by: Clem   2020-09-20 12:51  

#1  Are those towels on their heads?
Posted by: gorb   2020-09-20 12:40  

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