Trump Congratulates Erdogan on Referendum as Europe Seethes
- Erdogan says doesn’t care what ‘Hans’ thinks in rebuke to EU
- U.S.-Turkey ties complicated by American support for Kurds
Turkey's Erdogan Claims Win in Referendum
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President Donald Trump congratulated Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his referendum victory, a sharp departure from the critical reception many European officials have given the vote to expand Erdogan’s powers.
The Turkish leader stepped up his vitriol against European critics on Monday, telling a crowd of supporters, “We don’t care about the opinions of ‘Hans’ or ‘George’ or ‘Helga’.” All debates about the constitutional referendum “are now over,” he said.