Ankara-Sana
The statements of the President of the Turkish regime, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about “there is no ideological dispute” between his regime and the extremist Afghan Taliban movement provoked condemning reactions in the Turkish political and media circles, which indicated that this acknowledgment is not a slip of the tongue of the head of a regime accustomed to supporting terrorist organizations in the region. A clear recognition of his identification with the ideology of extremist groups.
Former Turkish Culture Minister Fikri Saglar condemned Erdogan's statements and said, "It seems clear that what Erdogan said is not a slip of the tongue, but a clear recognition that Erdogan has one ideology with all extremist groups," noting that this was proven in Erdogan's continued support for terrorist organizations in Syria.
In turn, retired General Turkar Erturk criticized Erdogan's statements and said: "Erdogan may ideologically agree with the Taliban, but the Turkish people's ideology has nothing to do with the Taliban terrorist ideology."
Erdogan had expected earlier that his country's government would agree with the Afghan Taliban movement on "the possibilities of the Turkish military presence in Afghanistan," and said: "It is very natural that we agree with the Taliban because we agree with them in doctrine, which will facilitate the process of dialogue and understanding," referring to him The new adventure in which he intends to involve his country's forces there, after his failed expansionist adventures in Syria, Libya and others.