“This irresponsible, heedless, unlawful attitude that defies any human virtue should definitely, but definitely, be punished. No one should dare to challenge Turkey or test her patience for the strength of Turkey’s animosity is as strong as the value of its friendship,” - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in his regular weekly address to his party in the capital, Ankara.

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