Turkey withdraws its troops after NATO uses Erdoğan's name and Atatürk's picture in enemy chart
Turkey has recalled it troops from NATO drill in Norway so that Turkish President Erdoğan's name and the picture of Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk were used in an "enemy chart".
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 17 November 2017
- Modified Date: 03:09 | 17 November 2017
Turkey has withdrawn its troops from a NATO military drill in Norway after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his name and the picture of Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk were used in an "enemy chart".
"There was an incident in Norway," Erdoğan told ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party members in capital Ankara.
"They used an enemy chart in Norway. In that chart, there was my name and [Mustafa Kemal] Atatürk's picture."
The president said he was informed about the issue by Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik.
"They told me that they are withdrawing our 40 soldiers from there [Norway]," Erdoğan said.
"I told them to do that immediately. There can be no alliance like that."