Erdogan warns Europe not to ‘pay the price’ for not ending offensive free speech
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned European countries, led by France, not to “pay the price” for not putting an end to the ugly behavior that is practiced under the cloak of “freedom of the press.”
Erdogan said that “Europe and all of humanity will pay the price for this,” describing the use of Islamophobia and xenophobia as a “shameful matter.”
He continued that the international media has never criticized France’s restriction of the media, stressing the need for digitalization, which extends the scope of freedom, not to cause marginalization and create new grievances.