The Prime Minister will summon the Turkish ambassador for explanation of the comments made by its president Tayyip Erdogan following Friday’s massacre in Christchurch.
The Turkish President said at a campaign rally “if New Zealand doesn’t make [the terrorist] pay, [Turkey] knows how to, one way or another”.
As well as claiming the massacre was evidence of a global anti-Islam sentiment, President Erdogan also described the Gallipoli campaign as anti-Muslim, threatening “your [ANZAC] grandparents came here and returned in caskets [...] have no doubt we will send you back like your grandparents.”