Erdogan speaks Mjmohh terrorist in America: 50 meters away from me

Erdogan speaks Mjmohh terrorist in America: 50 meters away from me



BAGHDAD (Reuters) -

Launched the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday, a scathing attack on the US judiciary, following the decision of prosecutors in Washington arrested 12 of his companions security accused of assaulting protesters on the sidelines of his visit to the US capital in May.

Erdogan said in a speech in the Turkish capital of Ankara, "We will fight politically and judicially" against this decision, which he described as unacceptable.

He was a "terrorist groups pretending to 50 meters away from me, and the American police do not do something."

He issued the US judiciary, on Thursday 12, an arrest warrant against the security of the elements belonging to Erdogan identified them as President of the Washington police through videos spotted the incident, which occurred outside the residence of the Turkish ambassador in Washington on May 16.

There have been violent clashes between the security guards of Turkish and Kurdish protesters that killed 12 wounded, including a policeman and strained relations between Ankara and Washington, after a meeting between Erdogan and US President Donald Trump.

The State Department summoned the Turkish ambassador to Washington, before Ankara's progress in contrast, on the call, the US ambassador to protest against the "security gaps" during the visit.

Erdogan continued, "We have arrested two of our citizens. Is it possible that? They issued arrest warrants for 12 of my guards notes. What kind of legislation this? What kind of law? ".

He added, "If not to protect me, why am I escorted my guards with me to the United States? Is Hans and George will protected me? ", And two names used by the Turkish president usually talking about Europe.

For his part, US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in a statement read by a spokesman, that the arrest warrants, "a clear message that the United States does not accept that the people using intimidation and violence to stifle freedom of expression, political expression and legitimate."

He stressed that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to work with the police and the competent authorities" regarding this issue "and will determine whether it is necessary to take additional action."

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Erdogan’s bodyguards charged with assault on Kurdish protesters in Washington


Erdogan’s bodyguards attack Kurdish protesters in Washington, May 16, 2017. Photo: Twitter/VOA

WASHINGTON,— U.S. prosecutors have charged a dozen Turkish security and police officers with assault after an attack on Kurdish protesters in Washington during Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the U.S. capital last month, officials said on Thursday.

The May 16 skirmish, caught on video, left nine Kurdish protesters injured outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence and further strained ties at a time when the NATO allies are in sharp disagreement over policy in Syria.

The charges against some members of Erdogan’s security detail send a clear message that the United States “does not tolerate individuals who use intimidation and violence to stifle freedom of speech and legitimate political expression,” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.

Turkey condemned the charges and said the Turkish citizens, who left the country with Erdogan, should not be held responsible for the incident.

“This decision taken by U.S. authorities is wrong, biased and lacks legal basis,” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The brawl in front of the Turkish ambassador’s residence was caused by the failure of local security authorities to take necessary measures.”

In May the US State Department has confirmed that Erdogan’s security detail was behind the brutal attack on Kurdish protesters in Washington.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert would not say on Thursday whether an extradition request would be made.

The security officers are no longer protected by the immunity extended to them during Erdogan’s recent visit, the State Department said.

“We will weigh additional actions,” Nauert told reporters.

Washington officials announcing the charges, which were filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, described the treatment of the protesters as an attack on U.S. values. Some of the protesters were associated with the Armenian National Committee of America and accuse Erdogan of running a politically repressive government.

A video posted online showed men in dark suits chasing protesters and punching and kicking them as Washington police struggled to intervene.

“If they attempt to enter the United States, they will be arrested,” Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham said of the security officers charged in the case.

Newsham said there was no probable cause to arrest Erdogan, who watched the confrontation unfold from a nearby car.

Eighteen people have now been charged in the incident, including two Canadians and four Americans, according to prosecutors.

Two men were arrested on Wednesday. Sinan Narin of Virginia faces a charge of felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor assault, and Eyup Yildirim of New Jersey faces two charges of felony assault and a misdemeanor assault charge.

Thousands of officials from the the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained in Turkey since 2015.

In November 2016, HDP’s co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, have been imprisoned in Turkey along with 11 other HDP lawmakers on accusations of links to Kurdish separatists of PKK who have waged an insurgency against the Turkish state.

The government accuses the HDP of having links to the PKK, a charge that the HDP denies.

Since July 2015, Turkey initiated a controversial military campaign against the PKK in the country’s southeastern Kurdish region after Ankara ended a two-year ceasefire agreement. Since the beginning of the campaign, Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews, preventing Kurdish civilians from fleeing regions where the military operations are being conducted.

The PKK took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of Kurds, to push for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority who make up around 22.5 million of the country’s 79-million population. Nearly 40,000 people have been killed in the resulting conflict since then.

A large Kurdish community in Turkey and worldwide openly sympathise with PKK rebels and Abdullah Ocalan, who founded the PKK group in 1974, and has a high symbolic value for most Kurds in Turkey and worldwide according to observers.

In March 2017, the Turkish security forces accused by UN of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in the nation’s southeast.

Observers say the crackdown has taken a heavy toll on the Kurdish civilian population and accuse Turkey of using collective punishment against the minority. Activists have accused the security forces of causing huge destruction to urban centres and killing Kurdish civilians.

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