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Erdogan Calls for Boycott of French Goods

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   Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish citizens to boycott
   French goods in response to what he says is France's "anti-Islam"
   agenda.

   During a televised speech Monday, he also called for European Union
   countries to pressure France to end French President Emmanuel Macron's
   efforts to fight what he called "Islamist separatism." Macron has said
   separatism threatens to take over some Muslim communities in France.

   "Never give credit to French-labeled goods. Don't buy them," Erdogan
   said, according to the BBC. He added that "European leaders should tell
   the French president to stop his hate campaign."

   Tensions between the two NATO allies have risen in recent months as
   Macron vowed to defend secularism in the wake of the public beheading
   of a French teacher earlier this month by a Muslim militant over
   cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad.

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