Bill Shorten talks tough as Turkish president uses Christchurch video to whip supporters
Bill Shorten says it is âdeeply frustratingâ and âdisturbingâ that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again shown footage of the Christchurch mosque massacre.
The opposition leader said while he understood âthere were some domestic politics being played outâ the coming Turkish election was âno excuse for disrespecting our Anzacs.â
âItâs not on, itâs not appropriate and itâs not the basis of the relationship that weâve had really since the end of the First World War with the government of Turkey,â he said.
The footage was apparently shown at a rally only hours after New Zealandâs Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters met with Mr Erdogan in Turkey on Friday.
Asked if he had raised the shooterâs footage being shown by the Turkish president as part of a nationalist video, Mr Peters told reporters the matter wasnât mentioned.
âI didnât ask that question because I felt I did not have to ask it because they are not doing it anymore,â he said, only to be proven wrong almost immediately.
The Australian government is still reviewing travel advice, which currently advises a âhigh degree of cautionâ for Turkey ahead of Anzac Day services in Gallipoli after Mr Erdoganâs provocative comments.
-AAP







