Evoking Ottoman Past, Erdogan Vows to Tackle Turkey’s Enemies Abroad

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan giving a speech at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on October 19, 2016. (Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace/Handout/Reuters)

ANKARA, ISTANBUL (Reuters)””Smarting over exclusion from an Iraqi-led offensive against Islamic State in Mosul and Kurdish militia gains in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday Turkey “will not wait until the blade is against our bone”