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Against the background of strong tension between the two countries over many dossiers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that French President Emmanuel Macron “is a problem for France and is living with him in a very dangerous period.”
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Erdogan: Macron is a problem for France, and he is in a very dangerous period with him
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his hope that “France will get rid of its president, Emmanuel Macron, as soon as possible”, in the context of intense tension between the two countries over many dossiers.
“Macron is a problem for France and he is living with him in a very dangerous period. I hope that France will get rid of the Macron problem as soon as possible,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul after participating in Friday prayers in the former Saint Sophia Cathedral, which was converted into a mosque in July. .
Relations between Turkey and France have gradually deteriorated since last year, especially due to differences over Syria, Libya, the eastern Mediterranean, and most recently due to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
But the tension worsened in October, when Erdogan questioned Macron’s “mental health”, accusing him of leading a “hate campaign” against Islam for his defense of publishing cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad and his speech against Islamic “isolationism” in France.
On Friday, Erdogan stressed that France, which co-chairs the “Minsk” group tasked with finding a solution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, “lost its role as mediator” after the French Senate and National Assembly adopted resolutions supporting the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In a clear reference to the dispute with Erdogan, Macron said in September that “the Turkish people, who are a great people, deserve something more.”
Ankara responded strongly to these statements, describing them as an “attempt to incite the Turkish people against President Erdogan.”
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