Posted on 04/03/2023 9:12:22 AM PDT by elpadre
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his doors are closed for US ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake following the diplomat's meeting with Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential candidate for the opposition alliance.
"What is (US President Joe) Biden's envoy doing? He goes and meets with Mr. Kemal. Shame on you, use your brain," Erdogan was quoted as saying by Turkey's Star newspaper on Sunday amid growing tension between Washington and Ankara.
"You are an ambassador. Your interlocutor here is the president. How will you ask for a meeting with the president after this," Erdogan asserted, adding that his doors were now closed for the American envoy to "let him know his limits".
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey are scheduled for May 14. Kilicdaroglu, nominated as the presidential candidate for the country's six opposition parties, is seen as the incumbent president's main challenger.
Muharrem İnce and Sinan Ogan are two other contenders in the presidential race. However, the main competition is expected to be a head-to-head race between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu.
The previous presidential election in Turkey was held in June 2018.
In early March, Ankara summoned Flake over top US general Mark Milley's visit to northeast Syria, as reported by the country's state-run news agency.
In February, Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu slammed the US envoy after Washington warned Ankara about the export of chemicals, microchips and other products to Russia.
"Take your dirty hands off of Turkey. I’m being very clear. I very well know how you would like to create strife in Turkey. Take your grinning face off from Turkey," Soylu was quoted as saying at the time.
“Every US ambassador who arrives in Turkey is hurrying to find out how to make a coup possible in Turkey”.
Yep. I’m not a believer myself, but when I think about what’s happening to this once-moral nation, terms like “evil,” “demonic” and “satanic” come to mind. Can some sort of divine retribution be in our future?
“”loyal deep state lackeys””
no kidding!! So flakey got a cush job
FROM BIDEN!!?? but ,but he was a repug
he was conservative— blah blah blah—
The more i see of this crap... I think our nation is lost and never coming back.. sad
So, can we stop sending him $$$$$$$$$$$$?
Isnt the residents amASSidor some gay guy?
Sad…they don’t allow Transgender Ambassadors in Turkey…
Turkey won’t be the only country.
Most of the world can see Biden’s goons and fools for what they are - just like we can see them.
Saudia Arabia gave Biden the finger... several times. India too. It’s still a trickle but it’s growing. Maybe 51 ‘intelligence’ goons can pen a letter saying Biden is brilliant.
I was actually going to criticize Erdogan until I saw this Flake was involved!
I hope they’re long gone.
Bush should have removed them when the Turks wouldn’t let us stage from Turkey vs. Iraq, even though I don’t think much of that war.
With allies like Turkey who needs enemies.
I think it was staged.
Biden’s foreign policy....he screws up everything he touches.
RT @RT_com Russia state-affiliated media
Erdogan tells US ambassador to ‘know his place’
The Turkish leader spoke of the ‘need to teach America a lesson’ in diplomacy
There was turmoil during Trump's term, but he left them in.
Biden's never done anything right in his life, so.......
Oh boy…this is how the mess in Syria started when Obama and Hillary decided to get rid of Assad. Robert Ford ran around the country stirring up the opposition.
Erdogan is a strong and firm leader. He always puts his country first.
I wish we had a president like that.
“...keep your eyes peeled for Victoria Nuland and her bunch...”
That is the MAIN reason Harris went to Ghana and Uganda. To push the degenerate homosexual/transexual agenda on those nations.
US foreign Aid now comes with homosexual G-strings attached.
Both can’t lose badly enough IMHO.
Too bad we get screwed in the end no matter what
More ham-handed diplomacy from the Biden administration. And this after destroying our relationship with KSA, and probably blocking the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Israel, was a blunder that opened the door for China and Iran and potentially killed the Petrodollar. At a minimum, he hastened its death.
I doubt many Freepers are fans of Erdogen, but this was just a stupid move. A bunch of amateurs.
What happened to Turkiye not Turkey.
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