Erdogan accuses journalists of nurturing terrorists in bizarre Paris press conference

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused journalists of nurturing terrorism through their writing. The Turkish president made the comments during his first official bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Speaking at a joint news conference in Paris Friday, Erdogan appeared to give short shrift to French concerns over freedom of expression in Turkey following the regime’s crackdown on the media in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in July 2016.

"Terror doesn’t form by itself. Terror and terrorists have gardeners. These gardeners are those people viewed as thinkers. They water ... from their columns on newspapers,” Erdogan said. "And one day, you find, these people show up as a terrorist in front of you."
 (RT)
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