Biden could not have done Erdogan a bigger favor (and Turkey’s opposition a bigger disservice) than this nonsense pic.twitter.com/e3afFXppPv— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) August 15, 2020
Bloomberg: Turkey in a Stir Over Biden Remarks Backing Erdogan’s Ouster
An old video of Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden calling for the removal of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set off a furor in Turkey while earning U.S. President Donald Trump a shout-out.
In a Dec. 16 meeting with New York Times editors, Biden called Erdogan an “autocrat” and advocated that the U.S. “embolden” his opponents to defeat him at the ballot box.
“What I think we should be doing is taking a very different approach to him now, making it clear that we support opposition leadership,” Biden said. The video, which resurfaced on Saturday and has since become the hot topic in Turkey, checked out against a transcript of the meeting the newspaper published.
A backlash soon followed.
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WNU Editor: The US main stream media is only giving this story a glancing look. But this story is huge in Turkey .... Video of Joe Biden's call to back Erdogan opposition goes viral in Turkey (The National). More Turkish reaction here .... Joe Biden's incendiary comments on Turkey are not those of a statesman (TRT). What's my take. For a politician who is always moaning about Russian interference in US elections, Joe Biden is very open that he wants to interfere in the electoral process in other countries.
