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February 10th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Addressing the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Istanbul advisory council on Saturday, the Turkish premier said the criticism was “unacceptable.”
“No one should be mistaken about our patience, tolerance and friendliness. Turkey is not anybody’s scapegoat. Turkey is not a country with which to meddle in its internal issues or its executive, legislative and judiciary systems, and certainly not a country whose foreign policy guidelines can be dictated [by others],” Erdogan stated.
His remarks came following a recent statement by US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone, who criticized Turkey’s judiciary system for “lengthy pre-trial detentions, lack of clarity in presenting charges,” and “lack of transparency.”
The US envoy had also denounced Ankara over jailing the country’s military leaders and parliament members “sometimes on unclear charges.”
“When a legal system produces such results and confuses people like that for terrorists, it makes it hard for American and European courts to match up,” Ricciardone said.
His remarks were primarily denounced by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag, who urged the US official to stop interfering with the country’s judiciary system.
On February 7, US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in reference to the ambassador’s remarks, “This is nothing new from our point of view. We have always been very clear on these issues before the public and during private meetings.”
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