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A week after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left 50 dead, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hosting a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Friday. attack. Winston Peters, the New Zealand foreign minister, is due to attend the meeting in a tense situation between the two countries: Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accused of using the attack for political ends, projecting during his meetings images of shooting.
With our correspondent in Istanbul, Anne Andlauer
Neither the indignation of his opponents, nor the protests of New Zealand make Recep Tayyip Erdogan give way. In campaigning for the March 31st municipal elections, the Turkish president also broadcast footage of the attack on the mosques in Christchurch during a rally in Eskisehir, western Anatolia. Images filmed by the killer at the time of the shooting, partially blurred by the Turkish presidency, but projected at full volume on a giant screen and broadcast live by all the news channels, which do not miss any speech of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Once again, the head of state used these videos to attack his main opponent, who had dared to evoke " terrorism from Islamic countries ". Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes advantage of the attack to present himself as savior of Turkey and a Muslim leader, after having built his campaign on the theme of "the nation in danger".
The Turkish leader, who in recent days has gone so far as to call on New Zealand to restore the death penalty, seems ready to sacrifice his good relations with this country for electoral issues. The New Zealand Prime Minister has also asked his head of diplomacy to "set the record straight " during his visit to Turkey.
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