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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a speech on human rights Saturday to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia.

“Israel has carried out atrocities and massacres that will shame the whole of humanity,” Erdogan told a packed hall in Istanbul the day before the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“All the values relating to humanity are being murdered in Gaza. In the face of such brutality, international institutions and human rights organizations are not taking any concrete steps to prevent such violations,” the Turkish leader said.

The human rights declaration, proclaimed by the U.N. General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948, enshrines a standard for human rights and freedoms for all people.

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[–] ShroOmeric 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They've managed to make also this asshole right..

[–] ByteJunk 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah... I'll scratch "find myself agreeing with goddamn Erdogan" from my The World Is Fucked bingo card

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll admit, there have been multiple times recently I've started to wonder if he's somehow a pod person. And he's....certainly one to speak, as a national representative.

But as much as it irks me, I'd rather admit to common ground than find myself sacrificing my own morals on the basis that I don't like who said it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well sure, but also keep in mind that Erdogan loses his shit anytime someone even alludes to the fact that the Armenian Genocide was a real thing that actually happened.

This is not Erdogan being a good dude. This is Erdogan latching on to a thing because it’s politically useful for him to do so. Stopped clocks etc etc.