US Responds Coolly to Turkish Accusation That West Supports Terror

U.S. officials Tuesday responded dispassionately to accusations made by an angry Turkish leader, who last month survived a coup attempt, that “the West is supporting terror and standing by the coup plotters.” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “is certainly free to express his views and his frustrations as he sees fit,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby. Erdogan reiterated in a televised address earlier Tuesday that “actors inside acted out a scenario for a coup written from the...

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