Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pointing accusing fingers at German Chancellor Angela Merkel claiming she is “harboring and supporting terrorists”.
Erdogan’s comments are coming just hours after EU urged the Turkish President to halt inflammatory rhetoric against European leaders.
In his comments, Erdogan did not cite specifics, but made references to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group deemed a “terrorist organisation” by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
“Mrs Merkel, why are you hiding terrorists in your country? Why are you not doing anything?” Erdogan said. “Mrs Merkel, you are supporting terrorists.”
However, German Chancellor Merkel described Erdogan’s accusations as “clearly absurd” after he made the comments in an interview with Turkey’s A Haber TV.
“The chancellor has no intention of taking part in a game of provocation,” Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a brief written statement.
Days ago, Erdogan said “Nazism is still widespread in the West” after the Netherlands joined other European countries worried about political tensions inside Turkey spilling beyond its borders that have prevented Turkish politicians from holding rallies.
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