Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the election defeat of Marin Le Pen, the far-right candidate in last weekend’s French presidential election, a “victory”, Turkish media reported today.
“I think the elimination and defeat of extremist views in the French elections is, I think, a victory, because everything we suffer is caused by extremism,” he told reporters on a plane returning from a trip to Saudi Arabia.
Le Pen, which claims to want to “fight Islamist ideology” and “prohibit banning the Islamic headscarf in public”, lost to outgoing President Emanuel Macron but received 41.45% of the vote, a historic performance for the French far right.
“I hope that with the result of these elections, our relations (with France) will be in a much better position,” the Turkish president continued.
In recent years, Erdogan has repeatedly clashed with his French counterpart, accusing him of “leading a hate campaign” against Muslims when the French president defended the freedom of cartoons, while the Turkish president challenged the French government’s struggle against the French government. .
The Turkish president had reached the point in 2020 of expressing his hope to see France “get rid” of Macron “as soon as possible”.
Source: Capital
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