Turkey’s Erdogan Chides Obama for Stance Over Anti-Islamic Film

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized U.S. President Barack Obama for saying an anti-Islamic film that caused outrage in the Muslim world fell under the protection of freedom of speech.

Erdogan, in an interview with Kanal 7 television late yesterday, said he had discussed the film with Obama and was "saddened” by the president’s remarks. A Turkish court has banned Internet access to the film, which depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a womanizer and has sparked violent protests from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, Erdogan said. (continue reading...)