By Orhan Coskun and Jonny Hogg ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned of a "clash of civilizations" following the wake of the Islamist militant attacks in Paris and he also appeared to criticize France for allowing the wife of one of the gunmen to travel via Turkey to Syria. Erdogan, a devout Sunni Muslim, has already accused the West of hypocrisy after the attacks last week in which the gunmen killed 17, including 12 at the ******s of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Speaking at a businessmen's meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said Charlie Hebdo was k**wn for its provocative publications. "We are following with great concern the attacks against Islam hidden behind the attack on the satirical magazine in France," said Erdogan, who has become an increasingly vocal critic of what he sees as mounting Islamaphobia in the West.
01-17-2015, 04:30 PM
Turkey's Erdogan warns of clash of civilizations following attacks
By Orhan Coskun and Jonny Hogg ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned of a "clash of civilizations" following the wake of the Islamist militant attacks in Paris and he also appeared to criticize France for allowing the wife of one of the gunmen to travel via Turkey to Syria. Erdogan, a devout Sunni Muslim, has already accused the West of hypocrisy after the attacks last week in which the gunmen killed 17, including 12 at the ******s of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Speaking at a businessmen's meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said Charlie Hebdo was k**wn for its provocative publications. "We are following with great concern the attacks against Islam hidden behind the attack on the satirical magazine in France," said Erdogan, who has become an increasingly vocal critic of what he sees as mounting Islamaphobia in the West.
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