Erdoğan says watching chaos on Europe’s streets with concern
Telling how he has been following coverage from Europe's streets with concern, Erdoğan said the scenes of the Yellow Vest protesters show that Europe has failed on democracy, human rights, and freedom. He said he opposes both the chaos caused by the protesters and the disproportionate force used against them.
- Türkiye
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 08 December 2018
- Modified Date: 06:25 | 08 December 2018
He charged that some European countries remained silent against the failed 2016 coup attempt by a faction in the Turkish military. He would not name any specific country.
On another Saturday shaken by protests in three European countries, Turkey's president said Europe's security and welfare is not being shaken by Muslims or immigrants, but by Europe's own people.
"The walls of security and welfare that they so cherished started to be shaken not by migrants or Muslims, but by their own citizens," Erdoğan told a mass opening ceremony in Istanbul.
Erdoğan said those who stoked anti-migrant sentiment and Islamophobia for the sake of political populism are now falling into their own traps.