Turkey PM Erdogan insulting Armenians on Tv ” they called me even worse, called an Armenian” / Breaking News
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sparked an outrage in Turkey by saying on live tv program he was “even worse, called an Armenian” in what many have condemned as “racist” remarks that are insulting towards minorities in Turkey.
Turkish Prime Minister and Presidental candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan participated in the television program “I was called a Georgian. I apologize for this, but they even said [something] worse: They called me an Armenian,” Erdogan said, adding, “But I’m a Turk.”
PM Erdogan’s apparently racist remarks have sent chills across Turkey and have lit up social media accounts, with many condemning him for insulting his own Armenian citizens. This is not the first time Erdogan has “apologized” for mentioning the name of a minority group in Turkey. In the past, he has apologized for mentioning the word “Rum” (Greek).
Erdogan’s remarks came in the midst of a debate about controversial remarks he made last week, when he called on main opposition leader Kemal Kılıcdaroglu to acknowledge that he is an “Alevi” in what many experts argued was an attempt by the prime minister to bolster support among his mostly Sunni base. He said “I’m Sunni” and stated that no one, including Kılıcdaroglu, should hesitate to unveil his or her identity.
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turk are way to sensitive, our politicians in the u.s. use words such as mocaca for their supporters. we have politicians who have converted from judaism, when confronted his answer is well i eat bacon. come on turks stop whining about nothing. I see absolutely nothing to be insulted about, when one politician points out that someone is hiding their faith, nationality…why is it so bad to point out that someone is alevi but they wont openly say they are….do we want politicians that openly lie?
Armenians insult turks anywhere they see them…my class had a foreign exchange student from a former turkish territory. We also had an armenian kid who would verbally torture this turkish kid over events that happened in 1915 ww1. In iraq the death count is so much higher as we “fight terrorism”
I have an idea, stop hiding terrorist in your village and you won’t die when the terrorists are targeted.
Also can someone explain why there are so many armenians in turkey but there are no turks or muslims in armenia?