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Related: About this forumChomsky hits back at Erdoğan, accusing him of double standards on terrorism
*Erdogan is dumber than dirtUS academic says Turkish president who has condemned leftwing critics for ignorance has been aiding Isis, which he blamed for bomb attack on Istanbul
The leftwing US academic Noam Chomsky has hit back at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the Turkish president accused him of ignorance and sympathising with terrorists.
Hours after Tuesdays bomb attack on a tourist area of Istanbul, Erdoğan delivered a sneering criticism of Chomsky and so-called intellectuals who had signed a letter calling on Turkey to lift its siege against Kurdish towns and cities in the south-east of the country.
He invited Chomsky to visit the area in a defiant televised speech to a conference of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara.
Chomsky has now rejected the invitation. In an email to the Guardian he said: If I decide to go to Turkey, it will not be on his invitation, but as frequently before at the invitation of the many courageous dissidents, including Kurds who have been under severe attack for many years.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/14/chomsky-hits-back-erdogan-double-standards-terrorism-bomb-istanbul
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Chomsky hits back at Erdoğan, accusing him of double standards on terrorism (Original Post)
Jefferson23
Jan 2016
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bemildred
(90,061 posts)1. That's it, Erdogan is done for now.
* He is kind of obvious.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)4. Yep. lol n/t
Nyan
(1,192 posts)2. Chomsky accused of ignorance and sympathizing with terrorists
by none other than Erdogan.
My god...
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. I know, I thought, what the hell..he wants to poke Chomsky? lol n/t