Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kılıç hopes that history will forget about President Trump’s letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan where the American leader urged him not to be “a fool.”
In a letter dated Oct. 9 and released Wednesday, Trump urged the Turkish leader not to “be a tough guy” or “be a fool” in regards to the ongoing battle between Turkish and Kurdish forces. The two sides agreed on a ceasefire later that day.
Kılıç addressed the letter during an interview with Judy Woodruff on PBS’s NewsHour on Thursday morning.
“Frankly speaking, I hope history will not record that letter,” he added. “That letter should not have been sent in the first place, because it lacks all the niceties, and it’s void of any established practices in that regard. I hope history is not going to record it in any case, in any way.”
Kılıç was then asked what Erdoğan’s response was to the letter and he answered, “Well our reaction was given in Syria. We started conducting the operation.” He went on to deflect from confirming the report that the Turkish president threw out a physical copy of the letter.
