‘Arrogance and hypocrisy’: Turkey bashes Biden over resurfaced comments about Erdogan

By Zach Halaschak

Published August 17, 2020 10:03pm ET

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‘Arrogance and hypocrisy’: Turkey bashes Biden over resurfaced comments about Erdogan — U. S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Biden called on Turkish authorities on Wednesday to be patient with the U.S. legal system as Turkey seeks the return of the cleric accused of masterminding last month's failed military coup, Fethullah Gulen, saying the extradition process would take time. | (KAYHAN OZER/AP)

Turkish officials are upset at Joe Biden after a monthsold video of him criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan resurfaced over the weekend.

During a New York Times interview in December, Biden called Erdogan an “autocrat” and advocated for the United States to embolden Turkish opposition “to be able to take on and defeat Erdogan. Not by a coup, not by a coup, but by the electoral process.”

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