Mon 23 September 2019:
Erdogan was speaking at an event organized by Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC) and Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in New York.
The president said FETO has abused Turkish people for 40 years, touting service education, and financial favor and built a criminal network operating in 150 countries across the world.
“The biggest feature of FETO is that it has no sacred value, [it has a] principle to abuse. [Telling] Lies, slander, [and] hypocrisy are their characteristics,” said Erdogan.
In his remarks, Erdogan said Turkey will also continue to back Palestinian cause, saying Palestine is a “red line” for Turkey.
“No power, threat can prevent us from protecting the law of Palestine,” said Erdogan.
“Jerusalem cause is not only the cause of a handful of Muslims in Palestine, but the dignity of the 1.7-billion Islamic world.”
He also said Turkey continues to seek justice for murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Mohammad Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected prime minister.
Morsi died of a sudden heart attack in June while he was in court. He was ousted in a military coup in 2013.
Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and contributor to The Washington Post, who was killed and dismembered by a group of Saudi operatives shortly after he entered the consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
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