Erdogan: West 'supports terror'
In a scathing attack on western powers, Turkish President Erdogan accuses allies of supporting terror and last month's attempted coup d'etat.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again spoken out against the country’s allies in the West, saying that they supported last months attempted military coup.
Apparently referring to the perceived harboring of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen – who is accused of orchestrating the attempted putsch – by the US, Erdogan asked: “What kind of alliance do we have if, when I ask you to extradite a person that is involved in a national security case, you continue to hide them in your country?”
“Does the West support terrorism or not? Does the West side with democracy or the coup d’etat? Unfortunately the west is supporting terrorism and is on the side of the putsch,” he continued.