State Department condemns Turkish embassy crackdown on DC protesters – IOTW Report

State Department condemns Turkish embassy crackdown on DC protesters

WaEx: The State Department on Wednesday criticized an attack by Turkish security officials against protesters outside Turkey’s embassy in Washington, D.C.

“Violence is never an appropriate response to free speech, and we support the rights of people everywhere to free expression and peaceful protest,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Wednesday. “We are communicating our concern to the Turkish government in the strongest possible terms.”

The protest and violence that followed coincided with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the White House on Tuesday. Several Senate lawmakers asked Trump to rebuke Erdogan for cracking down on dissidents in his home country, but the president focused on potential for cooperation in counterterrorism efforts — a diplomatic approach a time of unusual tension between the United States and Turkey.  read more

3 Comments on State Department condemns Turkish embassy crackdown on DC protesters

  1. Fuck Turkey. Filthy Mohammedan Savages, the lot of ’em. They’re the ones who invented modern-day Genocide. They murdered millions of Christian Armenians and to this day the Mohammedan Turks deny it ever happened.

    I hope the Kurds are able to carve out a nation from their regions in Turkey, Iran and Iraq – they would become valuable allies to the USA.

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