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Offline TomSea

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Erdogan in row over 'girl martyr' comment
« on: February 26, 2018, 04:18:49 pm »
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Erdogan in row over 'girl martyr' comment


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks alongside a girl dressed as a Turkish soldier Image

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been criticised after telling a girl in military uniform that she would be honoured if killed while fighting.

"If she's martyred, they'll lay a flag on her," he told the sobbing girl at a televised congress of his AK party.

His supporters cheered "Chief! Take us to Afrin!", in reference to Turkey's operations against Kurdish fighters in Syria's northern Afrin region.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43196397

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Re: Erdogan in row over 'girl martyr' comment
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2018, 05:11:19 pm »
The article goes on to say, they don't know why the girl was wearing the uniform, etc. Sounds a bit like a planned stunt.
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Re: Erdogan in row over 'girl martyr' comment
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2018, 05:14:19 pm »
Guess they like using kids as political props in Turkey, too.
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