(Anadolu) The Turkish president on Sunday said that the Western countries do not want to acknowledge the reality of [the] Turkish diaspora getting stronger.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they never doubted that Turks and Muslims would take a much more visible place in tomorrow’s Europe in the way they deserve.
“Of course, this situation instills hope in us, but becomes a nightmare for others. The ones, who still try to squeeze European Turks into the narrow patterns of the 1960s, do not want to accept the reality of a growing and strengthening diaspora,” Erdogan told the International Union of Democrats (IDU) women’s and youth wings at the Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul.
Islamophobia and xenophobia, which have reached dire levels recently, are just one of the manifestations of this indigestion, Erdogan added.
