State Dept. on Erdogan Threatening ‘Ottoman Slap’: ‘We’re Not Going to Go There’
The U.S. State Department dismissed increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed at America as something Washington is “used to,” following a threat from Erdogan that U.S. forces would soon experience the “Ottoman slap.”
![President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyi](https://media.breitbart.com/media/2018/02/erdogan-turkey-hand-up-2-13-18-getty-420x315.jpg)