Erdogan accuses US of seeking to stab Turkey 'in the back'

Ankara, Aug 13 (AFP) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today accused the United States of seeking to stab Turkey "in the back" over a diplomatic row sparked by the detention of an American pastor that has sent the lira into a tailspin.

"You act on one side as a strategic partner but on the other you fire bullets into the foot of your strategic partner," Erdogan told a conference in the capital Ankara.

"We are together in NATO and then you seek to stab your strategic partner in the back. Can such a thing be accepted?" Erdogan asked. (AFP) RHL

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