Erdogan is only fueling greater hatred and violence and not ending it. These are knife attacks within religious freedom. It cannot be tolerated. Boycotting is not a peaceful method of bringing about the differences in cultures. The Free World requires tolerance of differences. If Erdogan is going to assist the hatred rendered by extremists he can expect more adverse cartoons about him.
France did not change their alliance with Turkey through NATO, it only affirms there are differences in the freedom France enjoys. Erdogan backing terrorists and their violence is a worrying development.
Why is it places of worship are targeted by violent radicals?
By Sinead Baker and Mitch Prothero
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi gives a statement at the site of the knife attack in a church in Nice, France.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (click here) has called for a boycott of French goods and compared Europe's treatment of Muslims to the way Jews were treated before the Second World War.
Erdogan branded European leaders 'fascists' and 'links in the chain of Nazism' as he said Muslims on the continent 'are now subjected to a lynch campaign similar to that against Jews in Europe before World War II'.
It is just the latest attack from the Turkish strongman leader after he spent the weekend verbally lashing French President Emmanuel Macron, over his toughed stance on Islamic extremism....
Erdogan branded European leaders 'fascists' and 'links in the chain of Nazism' as he said Muslims on the continent 'are now subjected to a lynch campaign similar to that against Jews in Europe before World War II'.
It is just the latest attack from the Turkish strongman leader after he spent the weekend verbally lashing French President Emmanuel Macron, over his toughed stance on Islamic extremism....
