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On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a new attack on his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, saying he needed psychological treatment due to his position on Islam and Muslims, which angered the French presidency.
“What is the problem of this person called Macron with Muslims and Islam? Macron needs to be treated psychologically,” Erdogan said in a speech before a conference of the “Justice and Development” party he leads in the city of Kayseri, in central Turkey. “What else can you say to a head of state who does not understand freedom of belief and acts in this way in front of the millions of people who live in his country and believe in a different religion?”
On October 6, the Turkish president commented on Macron’s first statements on “Islamic isolationism”, saying that these statements were “an open provocation” and “disrespect”.
Subsequently, the French presidency denounced Erdogan’s “unacceptable” statements, in which he questioned the “mental health” of his French counterpart due to his attitudes towards Muslims.
The French presidency said in a comment to “France Press”, “President Erdogan’s statements are unacceptable. The escalation of rhetoric and vulgarity is not a way to deal with it. We ask Erdogan to change the course of his policy because it is dangerous since all angles. We will not enter into sterile arguments and we will not accept insults. “
And he announced that the French ambassador in Ankara was summoned for consultations.
The French presidency noted “the absence of messages of condolence and support from the Turkish president after the murder of Samuel Patti”, the teacher who was beheaded a week ago in an attack by an Islamist near his school in the Parisian suburb.
The Elysee Palace also noted “the very offensive statements (by Recep Tayyip Erdogan) in recent days, especially about the call to boycott French products.”
Turkey and France are allies in NATO, but are at odds over a number of issues related to each other’s policies in Syria and Libya, and a dispute over Ankara’s oil and gas exploration and the demarcation of the maritime border in the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the conflict in the Nagorno Karabakh region.
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