UNITED NATIONS: Turkey’s leader, overseeing a nation encircled by regional disputes, used his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday (Sep 20) to shine a spotlight on Turkish maneuvering in conflicts tha
“All these disasters affecting millions of people show the United Nations will have to be much more effective, much more influential,” he said.
Turkey, he noted, has also hosted 4 million Syrian refugees in that country's long-running war. At one point during his speech, Erdogan held up a photo of dead Syrian refugee children to emphasize the need for continued support.
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