Erdogan Wows to Defy U.S. 'Threats' over Detained Pastor

by Naharnet Newsdesk over 5 years

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back Saturday at US "threats" over a detained American pastor which has escalated tensions between the two NATO allies and piled pressure on the Turkish currency.

"It is wrong to dare bring Turkey to its knees through threats over a pastor," Erdogan told a rally in the Black Sea town of Unye.

"I am calling on those in America again. Shame on you, shame on you. You are exchanging your strategic partner in NATO for a priest."

SourceAgence France Presse

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Comments 1

chrisrushlau over 5 years

Thanks for the background, Naharnet and AFP. I assume this lack of detail tells us who Naharnet is afraid of: Israel, KSA, Turkey, the US, the EU. (And the Shia majority. It goes without saying.)
There used to be a stupid anti-war poster during the US stupid anti-Vietnam war: "what if they gave a war and nobody came?" What if Lebanon gave an election and everybody came?