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Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has furiously condemned the US decision to issue arrest warrants to 12 members of his security detail because of their involvement in a bloody brawl with peaceful protesters in Washington DC last month.
In a dramatic escalation of tensions between two Nato allies, Erdoğan said on Thursday that his government would "fight politically and judicially" against the warrants that had been issued earlier in the day.
[...] The ministry said in a statement that the ambassador was told the decision to issue arrest warrants was "wrong, biased and lacks legal basis".
"That the brawl in front of the Turkish Ambassador's Residence was caused by the failure of local security authorities to take necessary measures; that this incident would not have occurred if the US authorities had taken the usual measures they take in similar high level visits and therefore that Turkish citizens cannot be held responsible for the incident that took place," the statement said.
Erdoğan echoed these statements in televised remarks on Thursday night. "Why would I take my guards to the United States if not to protect myself?" he said.
[...] US senator John McCain called for Turkey's ambassador to the US to be removed from the country because of the fight and to charge those involved with the incident.
"After all, they violated American laws in the United States of America, so you cannot have that happen in the United States of America," McCain told MSNBC last month. "People have the right in our country to peacefully demonstrate and they were peacefully demonstrating."
The House committee on foreign affairs echoed the senators' call in a letter to secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. "Alarmingly, this behavior is indicative of the broad crackdowns on political activists, journalists and religious freedom in Turkey that have greatly harmed Turkish democracy in recent years," the letter said.
Source: The Guardian
In 2011 an incident happened at the UN, Ban-Ki Moon apologized to Turkey for a "misunderstanding" which left UN security officers injured.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by aristarchus on Sunday June 18 2017, @07:29PM (7 children)
You claim to be a liberal? One who voted for Trump? This sounds more like something a Russian deep-cover operative might say . . .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @08:36PM (3 children)
"You claim to be a liberal? One who voted for Trump? This sounds more like something a Russian deep-cover operative might say . . ."
You're paranoid, to a comical degree. I am the OP and I was born and raised in the US and I have NO affiliation with a foreign power, Russia or otherwise.
I don't think Trump is a great guy, I think he is a shithead in many ways, but for me, Trump was the lesser of two evils compared to Clinton. You don't have to agree, and that's ok.
(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Sunday June 18 2017, @08:51PM (2 children)
You know, I am the OA (original aristarchus), and this sounds just what a Russian operative would say if they were called out for being a Russian operative!
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Monday June 19 2017, @10:12AM (1 child)
Or a reasonable person who dislikes conspiracy nutjobs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @03:53PM
To be fair, this thread passed 'reasonable' a long time ago.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by TheRaven on Monday June 19 2017, @10:08AM (1 child)
sudo mod me up
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @04:06PM
I get the boiled frog theory. To a large degree, I even agree with it. We are stuck with a boil-the-frog, steal as much and as quick as possible administration now, so I hope that metaphorically lighting everything on fire will allow us to build something better on the ruins. It's the only glimmer of optimism I have. But the problem with the boil quickly plan is that it is also dangerous. Worst case, having a massive irrational narcissist as head of the largest military on our planet could boil the frog quickly by dooming millions to billions of people to pain, suffering and death. It seems like a really big gamble to risk the worst case in hopes people will come to there senses beforehand.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @03:41PM
I'm French and I hate hipsters like most of the world out there.