President Erdogan has played blurred clips of the alleged shooter’s video at campaign rallies in several Turkish cities.
By Kareem Fahim Kareem Fahim Istanbul bureau chief covering the Middle East Email Bio Follow March 18 at 11:19 AM ISTANBUL — As authorities in New Zealand and companies such as Facebook were furiously scrubbing online footage of a shooting rampage that killed 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand, the same disturbing footage was being shared with thousands of Turkish citizens — by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Peters said he told Turkish officials “that anything of that nature that misrepresents this country — given that this was a non-New Zealand citizen — imperils the future and safety of the New Zealand people and our people abroad, and it’s totally unfair.” Erdogan has long cast himself as a champion of Muslims living in the West, condemning anti-Muslim racism in Europe while portraying many of Turkey’s squabbles with Western nations as stemming from prejudice.
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