Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, "A mentality in Syria which has stepped on the holiness of Ramadan has massacred individuals fasting."

Referring to Syria, Erdogan said at a meeting of his Justice and Development (AK) Party in Istanbul held to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, "Our brothers and sisters in Syria have entered Eid al-Fitr full of blood and tears and were subjected to massacres during Ramadan."

Erdogan said about the situation in Egypt, "Some people could not see the injustice in Egypt. Some people could ignore the oppression and massacre in Egypt. Some people could also refuse to call a military coup a 'military coup'. We see our brothers and sisters in Egypt and feel their pain in our hearts and support their legitimate fight."

Erdogan also criticized the Vice President of Egypt Mohamed El Baradei by saying "El Baradei received the Nobel Peace Prize and is now the Vice President of the Egyptian government which realized a military coup. I call on Nobel, how do you award the peace prize. This individual who received it took place beside people who made a military coup."

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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