Turkey summons UAE charge d'affaires to Ankara after FM’s remarks on Ottoman pasha

December 21 2017 18:25:33

Turkey summons UAE charge d'affaires to Ankara after FM’s remarks on Ottoman pasha

ANKARA

Turkey’s foreign ministry on Dec. 21 summoned the charge d’affaires of the United Arab Emirates (UAE to Ankara after the country’s foreign minister accused Ottoman governor and commander Fahreddin Pasha of “ransacking” Medina in 1916 during the First World War, private broadcaster NTV has reported.

Foreign Ministry officials have reportedly conveyed Ankara’s displeasure over UAE foreign minister’s remarks on the pasha to the charge d’affaires.

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