LONDON: A recently resurfaced video of US presidential hopeful Joe Biden advocating for Erdogan’s removal has caused uproar in Turkey.
In a December meeting with US journalists, the Democratic nominee called Erdogan an “autocrat,” suggested the US “embolden” his opponents, and said: “What I think we should be doing is taking a very different approach to him now, making it clear that we support opposition leadership.”
He added that Erdogan “has to pay a price” for Turkey’s treatment of their Kurdish population.
Biden’s wide ranging comments also called attention to Turkey’s hostile regional stance, “particularly in the Eastern Mediterranean in relating to oil” — an issue that has now come to the fore as Turkey pushes forward with energy surveying despite being widely rebuked by allies and adversaries alike.
Trump supported the New Ottomans. Biden will switch back. That would be changing sides in the war twice in four years. The generals are suffering schizophrenia.
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