January 2021

Claim: Erdogan Fails to Condemn Charlie Hebdo Attack in 2015

2021-01-18 03:18 GMT
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Foreign Policy
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The Jerusalem Post claims that “Erdogan failed to condemn the murderous Islamist attack on France’s satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, back in 2015.” In the article of Neville Teller in the Jerusalem Post, he writes that “As for the French initiative, France and Turkey have been at odds, diplomatically speaking, for a long time – even before Erdogan failed to condemn the murderous Islamist attack on France’s satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, back in 2015.

Libya Denies Allegations of Saudi Newspaper on Turkey

2021-01-18 07:25 GMT
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Middle Eastern Politics
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Ukaz newspaper of Saudi Arabia have been denied about the allegations on Turkey.  Saudi newspaper claimed that Turkey tried to capture the manuscripts in National Archives and History Research Center. However, Libya declared a statement that says Turkey is not related any capturing of manuscripts. Spokesman of Directorate of the Center, Yusuf Zart, denied the Saudi Arabia belonging Ukaz newspaper's statement that claims that "Turkey's tried to capture some manuscripts in the Libyan National Archives and Historical Research Center."

Turkey Strongly Rejects French Defense Minister's Claims about Turkey

2021-01-11 02:47 GMT
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Turkey’s defense minister on Monday strongly rejected his French counterpart's claims about Turkey, saying Paris was confused and certainly mistaken about alleged “harassment” last year at sea.

Rebuffing Florence Parly's comments alleging that "a French vessel was harassed" by Turkey last June, Hulusi Akar said that "the French defense minister must have mixed up the incidents."

Decrying Parly’s “accusatory” language, Akar told a video conference of top Turkish commanders: “We strongly reject this, no such thing ever happened."

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