Erdogan denounces ‘shameless’ celebration of Netanyahu before Congress

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced the US Congress for “shamelessly” celebrating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose hands are stained with the blood of Palestinians. This came in a speech he delivered on Friday during his address to the High Technology Incentive Programme Promotion Meeting at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in Istanbul. Erdogan criticised: “The whole world watched and saw how a genocidal murderer was applauded in the American Congress. Think about those who killed nearly 40,000 children, women and the elderly; the House of Representatives applauds them.” “So, to say, those who teach the entire world about democracy and human rights have no qualms about holding the Hitler of our time in high esteem,” stated Erdogan, referring to […]