On Sunday (5/2), the president of Turkey turned against Western countries Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying they “will pay” for the warnings they issued and the temporary closure of their consulates in Istanbul last week, while the Turkish police, after arresting 15 suspected jihadistsassured that there is no serious threat to foreigners in the country.
Ankara summoned the ambassadors of nine countries last Thursday to express its displeasure over the temporary closure of consulates. Turkish officials said the next day that those Western countries, which included the US and Germany, had not shared the information they had to support their claims of a security threat.
“The other day, the State Department called all of them in and gave them the necessary ultimatum, told them ‘you’re going to pay dearly if you go on like this.'” Erdogan said in a meeting with young people that was filmed and aired today according to the Athens News Agency.
In addition to closing consulates, many Western countries warned their citizens of the risk of attacks on diplomatic missions and non-Muslim places of worship in Turkey, following a series of protests in Europe in which far-right protesters burned the Koran, the Muslim holy book. .
Turkey suspended negotiations on Sweden’s NATO membership last month after one such demonstration in Stockholm.
Erdogan said Western countries were trying to “buy time” and that “necessary decisions” would be taken at tomorrow’s cabinet meeting, without elaborating further.
Source: News Beast
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