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Turkey, France spar over Khashoggi killing
« on: November 12, 2018, 05:21:31 pm »
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Turkey, France spar over Khashoggi killing

Turkey on Monday lashed out at "unacceptable" and "impertinent" comments by the French foreign minister who accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of playing a "political game" over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings linked to the Saudi journalist's murder last month with Riyadh, the United States, France, Britain and other allies, without giving details of the tapes' specific content.

In an interview with France 2 television on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he "for the moment was not aware" of any information transmitted by Ankara.

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Re: Turkey, France spar over Khashoggi killing
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2018, 05:21:44 pm »
Macron is right in that Turkey has an atrocious human rights record. Even 5 years ago, more or less,  Turkey was fairly "free".

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But the Turks make a good point in response, this might have been swept under the rug if not for the Turks, that is probably true as well.
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