Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to.
"They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are being carried out through their co-authors in our country," Erdogan said in a speech aired by the NTV broadcaster on Sunday.
Erdogan, speaking to activists of ruling Justice and Development Party in the east of the country, said that the United States was acting inside Turkey with the help of Fethullah Gulen's movement, referred to as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) by Ankara.
Erdogan also accused Washington of backing the Kurdistan Workers' Party, considered a terrorist organization in Turkey.
Erdogan said that criminal cases against Turkish citizens in the United States were part of the general scenario aimed at splitting the Turkish society.
"All of these attempts will end in failure," Erdogan said.
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source : Sputnik
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4 December 2017
12:22:05 PM
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(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Turkish President claims that was acting inside Turkey with the help of Fethullah Gulen's movement, saying that Washington is trying to punish and compromise Ankara.