Erdoğan to US: Whatever your sanctions are, don’t be late to impose them

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President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the AKP Malatya 7th Ordinary Provincial Congress yesterday (October 25). In his speech there, he slammed Chair of the Party for Freedom Geert Wilders, who shared a cartoon about him, President of France Emmanuel Macron and the United States (US).

Addressing Macron, President Erdoğan has indicated that "he has recently been obsessed with him day and night" and said, "I already said yesterday in Kayseri. This is a case and therefore he really needs to have checks."

Regarding Geert Wilders, President Erdoğan has also said, "And there is a so-called parliamentarian in the Netherlands. He has also been doing things about us. First, know your place. Have you ever asked yourself with whom you are walking? You shall know your place.

"Fascism is not in our book, it is in your book. We saw fascism in Germany, we saw fascism in Italy. We saw Nazism. You walked with them but there is neither fascism nor Nazism in our book. We have social justice in our book and we are walking with social justice."

'You don't know with whom you are dealing with'

Erdoğan has also addressed the ongoing conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus and Turkey's support for the latter:

"We have been accused just because we stand by our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters who defend their own lands in the Caucasus.

"And now I hear that some Americans call my brother Ilham [Aliyev - President of Azerbaijan] and say, 'We know who takes sides with you. It is Erdoğan, it is Turkey. We impose sanctions on Turkey, if need be.'

"You do not know with whom you are dealing. Whatever your sanctions are, do not be late to impose them. We took steps for F-35s and paid the money, but you did not give them. You do not give them and you threatened us. You said, 'Send the S-400s back to Russia.'

"We are not a tribal state. We are Turkey."

'We are in Syria at Syrian people's invitation'

"We are in Libya at the invitation of our brothers and the legitimate government there. We are in Syria at the invitation of the Syrian people," Erdoğan has indicated further, briefly adding the following:

"Turkey, today, has enshrined itself in the hearts across the world as the guardian of the oppressed and the advocate of justice.

"We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities in the future as well. And the way to achieve this is through growing stronger in every area both for our own selves and for our friends." (RT/SD)