Diktik Netanyahu: Erdogan “used to call me Hitler every 6 hours…”

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“Erdogan has turned Turkey into a rudimentary democracy,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Acceptable for his behavior Tayyip Erdogan opposite him was on Friday o Benjamin Netanyahu, showing that he is a pragmatist, but… he doesn’t forget.

“He used to call me Hitler every six hours” he said in a podcast with American journalist Barry Weiss. “I don’t approve of everything he says and everything he does, but I am satisfied with the improvement of our relations,” the Israeli prime minister said.

“You are grouped with people like Erdogan. “I’ve read maybe 100 articles that group you with authoritarian leaders,” the reporter remarked.

“Yes, this is a bit childish… I always give my all in elections. I was never against elections. Look, Erdogan’s best friend for years was Barack Obama. They were very close friends. I think this is after Erdogan jailed more journalists and turned Turkey into a rudimentary democracy. Our relations became better, he called me Hitler every 6 hours…” he said characteristically.

“Is it only every 12 now?” the journalist asked jokingly.

“No, we had a friendly chat the other day, and I’m very happy with that. I think it’s important. Not that I necessarily approve of everything Erdogan does, I don’t. But just as Barack Obama had good relations with Turkey and just as President Biden meets the leaders of China or the leaders of other countries in our region that are not exactly… Luxembourgish democracies – that’s what foreign policy does,” the Israeli prime minister clarified.

Speaking in early November about the normalization of relations with Israel, Erdogan he had said: “We maintain our hope to advance relations in all areas, continuing the process through mutual contacts. I believe that not only Turkey and Israel, but the whole region will win, as long as values ​​are respected, with win-win diplomacy.”

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