Türkiye summons Swiss envoy over demonstration against Erdogan
STORY: Türkiye summons Swiss envoy over demonstration against Erdogan
DATELINE: June 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Turkish Foreign Ministry
STORYLINE:
Türkiye on Thursday summoned Jean-Daniel Ruch, the Swiss ambassador to Ankara over a demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland against its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which protesters burned Erdogan's effigy.
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Mehmet Kemal Bozbay said these acts were unacceptable, calling on Swiss authorities to launch an investigation into the incident and identify those involved as soon as possible.
Omer Celik, the spokesperson of the ruling Justice and Development Party, concurred with Bozbay's comments by denouncing the demonstration.
"We condemn the heinous attack by supporters of the terrorist organization PKK (the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party) in Switzerland, which targeted the Turkish flag and our President Erdogan," Celik said on Twitter.
The spokesperson also strongly
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