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‘Interventionist’: Biden’s call to back Erdogan opponents stirs anger in Turkey

Remarks made by US presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising Turkey’s president Erdogan have been condemned as ‘interventionist’ and ‘meddling’ in internal affairs.

Biden called Erdogan an “autocrat” and advocated supporting the opposition to defeat the Turkish president.
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