Turkey slams Biden's past call for U.S. to back Erdogan opponents

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey on Saturday condemned as “interventionist” comments that U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden had made in December when he advocated a new U.S. approach to the “autocrat” President Tayyip Erdogan and support for opposition parties.

Biden’s comments to New York Times editors resurfaced in a video that made him the most popular topic on Twitter in Turkey, where Erdogan has governed for 17 years and has good relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Biden, the former U.S. vice president, says in the video he is “very concerned” about Erdogan’s approach to Kurds in Turkey, his partial military cooperation with Russia, and access to U.S. airfields in the country, a NATO ally.
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Rightfully or wrongfully , he apparently has upset Turkey. It’s in the news.
 
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Hey Tayyip, the Ottoman Empire phoned. They want their hegemony back.
 
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