...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...on Friday robustly defended his foreign minister after he traded barbs in an unusually public spat with his Greek counterpart.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’s visit to Ankara on Thursday ended in disarray when he and
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has violated international laws and conventions in the Aegean Sea and in the eastern Mediterranean," Dendias told Cavusoglu at one point, AFP reported.
"Turkey has carried out 400 (military) flights over Greek soil," said Dendias.
"If you heavily accuse my country and people before the press, I have to be in a position to respond to that," Cavusoglu retorted.
The oddly undiplomatic press event became the dominant talking point on
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neighbors to mend ties after a year of disputes.
It was the first time the two ministers met since the two countries teetered on the edge of war when their gunboats collided during a
Erdogan said Cavusoglu "could not be any softer" with Dandias because "that would not suit our country or people."
"Our foreign minister put him in his place in the face of this behavior and attitude," Erdogan told news hounds after attending Friday prayers in Istanbul.
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Dendias had also described his talks with Erdogan as "extraordinary."
Turkey had said last month that Dendias was coming to prepare what could have been a groundbreaking summit between Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
But the heated exchange highlighted the deep diplomatic divide that stands between the two neighbors and no summit was announced.
The disagreements on Thursday included each country’s treatment of their respective
Erdogan took issue with Dendias’s decision to pay a visit to the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Istanbul on Wednesday.
"You don’t show the necessary ... concern for our 150,000 (Turks in Greece). You appoint their chief mufti," Erdogan said. "We do not appoint the patriarch here."