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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Erdogan urges world ‘not to be bought’ by Trump’s dollars in Jerusalem vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on the world not to be swayed by US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off financial funding, during a key vote on a motion rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
“I am calling on the whole world: Never sell your democratic will in return for petty dollars,” he says in a televised speech in Ankara.
Trump has threatened to cut funding to countries that backed the measure.