Saudi Arabia's then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reacts upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 24, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Daily Mail/Reuters: Saudi Crown Prince says Turkey is part of a 'triangle of evil' along with Iran and hardline Islamist groups
* Mohammed bin Salman said Turkey was trying to reinstate the Islamic Caliphate
* He said Turkey, Iran and Islamist groups formed a 'triangle of evil'
* Saudi Arabia was successful in blocking Iran's regional ambitions, he said
* The kingdom is also deeply suspicious of Turkey's President Erdogan
Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described Turkey as part of a 'triangle of evil' along with Iran and hardline Islamist groups.
Egypt's Al-Shorouk newspaper reported on Wednesday that the Saudi prince also accused Turkey of trying to reinstate the Islamic Caliphate, abolished nearly a century ago when the Ottoman Empire collapsed.
The Crown Prince at the same time dismissed his country's long-running dispute with Gulf neighbor Qatar as 'very trivial' - although he conceded that it might drag on for a long time.
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WNU Editor: Turkey is outraged by these remarks .... Saudi Prince Salman's alleged 'evil' remarks outrage Turkish social media users (Daily Sabah).
4 comments:
Pretty sure Saudi Arabia is part of that group, but fairplay to him for having the balls to call Turkey for what it has become under Erdogen.
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He is correct on this, Turkey for some reason wants to go back to the olden days, when they were the Ottoman "Empire". Erdogan is picking fights with everyone. Know idea why he is in Afrin right now, far as I can tell its an invasion of Syria, against people who did nothing to him. He re-started the war with the PKK after his party lost an election and I believe the attempted coup, was either endorsed by him or he found out about it and let it go for a little while. To give him an excuse to purge the military. Saudi Arabia is correct on this point. IMHO.
I've had a creeping suspicion for a long time now that Turkey went into Syria to rescue top ISIS friends. Even more when they made this (or trying to) "Idlib corridor" for "civilians."
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