Turkish president accuses 'the West' of being behind Charlie Hebdo attacks and deliberately 'blaming Muslims' as conspiracy theories sweep the Internet accusing Israel of orchestrating it
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested French security forces knew of attack
- Turkish President said the West is 'playing games with the Islamic world'
- Said: 'French citizens carried out massacre, and Muslims pay the price'
The
President of Turkey has suggested French security forces are to blame
for the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris last week, since the culprits
had recently served prison sentences.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused the West of 'playing games with the Islamic world', warning fellow Muslims to be 'aware'.
Erdogan
said Muslims are 'paying the price' for the attacks on satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish kosher supermarket in Paris last
week.
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Blame game: Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan suggested French security forces were behind the Paris
attacks as they 'track' former prisoners and the culprits in the Charlie
Hebdo shootings had served time
'French citizens carry out such a massacre, and Muslims pay
the price,' Erdogan said yesterday.
'That's very meaningful ... Doesn't their intelligence
organisation track those who leave prison?
'Games are being played with the Islamic world, we need to
be aware of this.
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'The
West's hypocrisy is obvious. As Muslims, we've never taken part in
terrorist massacres. Behind these lie racism, hatespeech and
Islamophobia,' Erdogan added.
Erdogan also denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu for attending a solidarity rally in France on Sunday
with other world leaders after the Paris attacks.
'How can a man who has killed 2,500 people in Gaza with
state terrorism wave his hand in Paris, like people are waiting
in excitement for him to do so? How dare he go there?' he said.
Erdogan denounced Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his attendance at the Unity rally in
Paris alongside, from left to right, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar
Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, EU President Donald Tusk and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
Erdogan made the comments at a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara on Monday
Erdogan did not attend the Sunday march, though Turkish
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu participated.
Erdogan is not the only senior Turkish politicianpublicly voicing conspiracy theories over the Paris attacks.
The
Mayor of Ankara, Melih Gokcek, said he was convinced the Israeli
intelligence service Mossad was behind the attacks, linking them to
France's recent move towards recognising Palestine as an independent
state.
'Mossad is definitely behind such incidents… it is boosting enmity towards Islam.' Mr Gokcek said, according to Financial Times.
In Russia, several pro-Kremlin commentators blamed the United States and the CIA for the attack, the newspaper reported.
One,
Alexei Martynov, director of the International Institute for New
States, said 'I am sure that some American supervisors are responsible
for the terror attacks in Paris, or in any case the Islamists who
carried them out.'
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