Erdogan hailed after Davos walkout

[FarCenter]

Turkey's prime minister has returned home from the World Economic Forum in Davos to a warm welcome after he stormed out of a debate over Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.

More than 5,000 people, many waving Palestinian and Turkish flags, greeted Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his aeroplane touched down early on Friday.

Erdogan walked out of a televised debate on Thursday with Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, after the moderator refused to allow him to rebut Peres' justification about the war.

Before storming out, Erdogan told Shimon Peres, the Israeli president: "You are killing people."

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/20091303153967187.html

[Idealism]

1. Thats a lot of anti-Semites

:sarcasm:

[rockymountaindem]

2. I asked a Turkish friend of mine about this (for all it's worth)

She said her boyfriend had e-mailed her from Turkey to tell her the Prime Minister had gone crazy. That's all she'd say about it.