Osman Kavala: Erdogan Orders Expelling of US Envoy, Nine Others
LAHORE MIRROR (Monitoring Desk)– Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
Seven of the ambassadors represent Turkey’s NATO allies and the expulsions, if carried out, would open the deepest rift with the West in Erdogan’s 19 years in power.
“They will know and understand Turkey. The day they do not know and understand Turkey, they will leave,” he said to cheers from the crowd.
Erdogan has said previously that he plans to meet U.S. President Joe Biden at summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies in Rome next weekend.