Turkish President, Recip Tayyip Erdogan told reporters this week that Muslims have “never taken part in terrorist massacres” per Fox News. He also seemingly blamed the West for the terrorist attacks in Paris. He said:
As Muslims, we’ve never taken part in terrorist massacres. . . Behind these lie racism, hate speech, and Islamophobia. French citizens carry out such a massacre, and Muslims pay the price. The West’s hypocrisy is obvious.
A lot of Turkey’s neighbors and allies are also very concerned about his unwillingness to secure its borders. He allows foreign jihadis to pass through Istandul while they are on their way to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq without doing really anything to stop them.
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An Israeli government spokesman said the following to Fox News in regards to the matter:
Like Obama, Erdogan did not attend the Paris rally. Instead he sent Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Erdogan also slammed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for showing up. He said it was unacceptable for him to do so and how dare he attend.It’s no easy matter trying to secure extensive borders and stop everyone getting through, as the United States has found on its border with Mexico . . . but Turkey could be doing more. We used to have very good relations with Turkey and we know just how beneficial those relations were, not only to both sides, but also to the U.S., but it’s disgraceful what Erdogan is saying.
The bottom line is: Erdogan’s embrace for radical Muslims is borderline delusional.