Erdogan suggested on Saturday that the French president needed “some kind of psychological treatment” for his attitude toward Muslims in France.
“What is Macron’s problem with Islam? What is his problem with Muslims?” Speaking at a meeting of his Justice and Development Party in Caesarea, Erdogan said.
Erdogan added: “Macron needs some kind of psychiatric treatment. What about a head of state who does not believe in freedom of religion and treats millions of people of different faiths in his country this way?”
After the country was shaken by the beheading of Samuel Petty on October 16, Macron vowed to cut back on radical Islamism. Patty was a professor of history who taught a class on freedom of expression, during which he used the controversial strategy of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. From the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The killing of a teacher by a suspected terrorist in the Paris suburbs has rekindled tensions over secularism, Islamism and Islamophobia in France.
France on Saturday reprimanded Erdogan and called his remarks “unacceptable.”
“Excess and harshness is not a method. We want Erdogan to change the course of his policy because he is dangerous in every way. We do not enter into unnecessary polymics and do not accept insults,” said a spokesman for the Elysee Palace House. The French president told CNN.
The spokesman added that France called its ambassador to Ankara for an “assessment of the current situation”, which they described as a “rare step”.
Maron Crowe said on Tuesday that his government would “intensify the fight against radical Islamism.” He said that as a result of Patti’s death, dozens of actions have been taken against organizations and individuals “in other words, aimed at destroying the (French) republic.”
The presidential spokesman pointed to the “absence of messages of condolence and support from the Turkish president following the assassination of Samuel Patti” and condemned Erdogan’s criticism of the presidency for boycotting French products, which he described as “very insulting”.
Erdogan and Mac Krone have clashed frequently in the past.
Last month, the Turkish leader slammed the Turkish nation after it criticized Turkey over its disputed activities in the East Mediterranean, warning Macro not to “mess with the Turkish nation and Turkey.”
On Saturday, Pakistan’s outspoken prime minister, Imran Khan, also criticized MacCrown for his stance on Islam, accusing him of “attacking Islam.”
“The last thing the world wants or needs is more polarization. Public statements based on ignorance will create more hatred, Islamophobia and space for extremists,” Khan wrote on Twitter.
Khan accused Macron of “attacking and harming the feelings of millions of Muslims in Europe and the world.”
CNN’s Gul Tuysuz reports from Turkey. Martin Goilende reports from London and Zamira Rahim writes in London.
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