Turkish president says region paying ‘heavy economic price’ of attacks on Iran

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the region is now paying a “heavy economic price” for attacks targeting Iran even before the Russia-Ukraine war has ended. “Before the Russia-Ukraine war has ended, our region is now paying the heavy economic price of attacks on Iran,” Erdogan said at a ceremony marking the reopening of Selimiye Mosque for worship in Turkiye’s western city of Edirne. He said the region and the world are going through one of the most critical periods since World War II, with one crisis following another before the previous one is resolved. “We are living through days when the sounds of missiles and bombs drown out the cries of children,” Erdogan said. “No one can […]