Erdogan hopes that France will get rid of the Macron problem Emmanuel Macron News

The Turkish president has renewed the war of words between the two leaders by striking blows at his French counterpart.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he hoped France would soon get rid of President Emmanuel Macron, describing it as a burden for France to endure dangerous moments.

Macron is a burden for France. Macron and France are actually going through a very dangerous period. I hope that France will get rid of the Macron problem as soon as possible after Friday prayers.

Relations between Turkey and France have been particularly strained in recent months, with political differences in Syria and the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in France.

In October, after Macron said that Islam was a religion in crisis around the world, Erdogan joined the call for Muslims around the world to boycott French products.

That same month, Erdogan said his French counterpart’s attitude toward Muslims needed a mental health check.

Ankara and Paris also traded accusations over their role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the conflict over the Libyan crisis and the Eastern Mediterranean intelligence rights between Greece and Turkey.