In the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, President Erdogan has caused a furor by criticizing New Zealand and Australia for sending troops to Turkey in the World War I Gallipoli campaign.
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 file photo, a man walks among the crosses at the field of remembrance following the ANZAC Day dawn service in Christchurch, New Zealand. ANZAC Day is held annually commemorating the April 25, 1915, landings in Gallipoli, the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
More than a century on from the carnage that saw around 44,000 Allied soldiers killed and an estimated 250,000 Turkish casualties, memories of the Gallipoli campaign have resurfaced in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings that saw 50 people killed.a major diplomatic furor “What business did you have here? We had no issues with you, why did you come all the way over here?” Erdogan said. “The only reason: We’re Muslim, and they’re Christian.”
Australia has demanded Erdogan retract his incendiary comments. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said “all options are on the table” if the Turkish leader does not.
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