"Erdogan dictator". Turkish politicians against Draghi, the support of Lettera150

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  Italian ambassador summoned after words from Draghi

• Draghi: "I do not share Erdogan's behavior, he is a dictator who is needed"

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09 April 2021 Prime Minister Mario Draghi's words on Erdogan have sparked a wave of political reactions in Turkey.

"Dear Draghi, there is no dictator here. If you want to see a dictator, look at the history of his country, look at Mussolini", tweeted the leader of the parliamentary group of Erdogan's AKP party, Numan Kurtulmus. 

The AKP spokesman, Omer Celik, defined Draghi's phrase "out of bounds", whose words "do not absolutely reflect" relations between Turkey and Italy ", he stressed. Celik then returned to the episode of the missing chair of Ursula Von der Leyen, arguing that it is due to "misunderstanding" between the delegation of the Commission and the delegation of the European Council, and denying any responsibility of Turkey. "The Italian premier bears in mind that the terms dictatorship and fascism they do not belong to our culture.

those who forget their own history should not start talking about the history of others.

We send your words back to the sender, "Celik added. 

Very harsh words also from the former Minister for Equal Opportunities Fatma Betul Sayan, one of the most influential women in the party and parliamentarian, according to which "Mussolini's soul circulates in the body of Draghi".

"The dictatorship belonged to their grandparents. Italians must be ashamed that such a man was part of their wonderful history," added Kaya.

"Full solidarity with President Mario Draghi and appreciation for the courage shown by his words".

This was declared by the think tank Lettera150 regarding the controversy over Erdogan.

"The Prime Minister - he continues - moves in the wake of the Italian constitution which recognizes democracy and the values ​​of freedom and respect for human rights as the glue that unites the millenary Mediterranean civilizations".

"The rudeness made to Ursula von der Leyen (in the astonishing indifference of Charles Michel) by the Turkish government represents the umpteenth testimony of the political involution of a great nation which, betraying the teaching of Kemal Ataturk, is slipping towards liberticidal drifts that affect among other things, the university, the world of culture, the press, the rights of women and minorities ".

"We ask the free and democratic forces of Europe - concludes Letter 150 - to put concrete pressure on the Turkish government to stop a worrying totalitarian drift".