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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Erdogan tells France not to ‘mess with Turkey’ in Mediterranean feud

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron “not to mess” with Turkey, as tensions between the Nato allies escalate.“Don’t mess with the Turkish people. Don’t mess with Turkey,” Erdogan said during a televised speech in Istanbul on the 40th anniversary of the 1980 military coup.Macron has strongly condemned Ankara during a stand-off between Greece and Cyprus on one side and Turkey on the other over hydrocarbon resources and naval influence in…


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