Turkey PM condemns inaction on Egypt crisis

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Source: AFP

ISTANBUL: Turkey's prime minister lashed out on Saturday at the international response to the escalating crisis in Egypt, saying organisations including the UN and EU should be ashamed of their inaction.

"Let me say very clearly, the United Nations Security Council no longer has the right to look at itself in the mirror, it's so ashamed, because it couldn't condemn what's happening in Egypt," said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"The same goes for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the European Union," added the premier, who had cultivated close ties with Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

"Those who stay mute in the face of the latest developments in Egypt are approving the massacres by their silence and sinking in the blood that's flowing in the country."

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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. The whole Middle East seems to have a bad case of excited delirium.

Makes me want to live another 100 years just to see how it all shakes out.

[Fozzledick]

2. I would imagine Erdogan is feeling pretty nervous right about now.

[another_liberal]

4. Yes . . .

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As a democratically elected head of state in a Muslim country with a powerful military, he has much to worry about. If we won't do anything more in response to what is happening in Egypt than cancel a military exercise and call for "restraint on all sides," it is doubtful he can expect much more in the way of help if his generals decide to spring a coup.

[Dash87]

3. This isn't our fight

[David__77]

5. Perhaps Erdogan is afraid that Turkish patriots will get ideas.

It isn't too late for Turkey to be saved from the ultra-rightwingers. There are still institutions capable of handling Erdogan.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. You mean the military?

[David__77]

8. The people, the social organizations and, yes, the armed forces.

Indeed.

[fujiyama]

7. Fuck you Erdogen

you authoritarian piece of shit.

Go fight your own fights. You want to get involved, have at it. I'm so sick of peddling military aid to this guy, Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, the whole lot. What are we getting for all this money being flushed down the drain?

[Comrade Grumpy]

9. Good question. You ought to ask the people who authorize it.