Posted on 10/21/2016 10:42:00 AM PDT by Lorianne
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recalled his nation’s Ottoman past in a speech Wednesday that warned his foreign enemies that Turkey would take a more proactive role in the region, despite being left out of the ongoing U.S.-backed assault against the Islamic State group in Mosul, Iraq.
At the presidential palace in Ankara, Erdogan accused his nation’s adversaries of trying to make the Turkish people forget their “Ottoman and Selcuk history” and restricting the country’s ability to participate in international affairs.
"From now on we will not wait for problems to come knocking on our door, we will not wait until the blade is against our bone and skin, we will not wait for terrorist organizations to come and attack us," he told hundreds of "muhtars," local and mostly pro-government administrators.
Erdogan has expressed his frustration toward being excluded from the U.S.-led coalition currently working with Iraqi forces to liberate the ISIS stronghold of Mosul. The U.S. has forbid Turkey from taking a role as a result of Erdogan's poor relation with the Iraqi government.
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Yep, Big Erd’s going to fight terrorism. And Hillary’s going to fight corruption.
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