Erdogan rebuffs social media post on Ottoman governor

ANKARA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 20: Turkey’s president on Wednesday slammed a post retweeted by the United Arab Emirates' foreign minister social media targeting Fahreddin Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Medina from 1916-1919. In an address to local headmen from across the country in the capital, Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "It is not a coincidence that those, who think it is a skill to be together with the tyrants at a period when Muslims are under attack and violence, target Fahreddin Pasha." "Where were your ancestors when our Fahreddin Pasha was defending Medina?" Erdogan asked. His remarks came after U.A.E. Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan retweeted a post on Twitter, which accused Fahreddin Pasha of committing crimes against the local population and theft of their property. In the post, Turks are accused of stealing "most of the manuscripts of the Mahmudiyah library in the city" and sending them to Turkey. "These are Erdogan’s ancestors and their history with Arab Muslims,” the tweet read. Erdogan said: "It seems that you never knew about this nation, and Erdogan, and his ancestors." About the claims of theft, Erdogan stressed it was not stealing but "protecting the holy relics of the Prophet Mohamed from the invaders". (Footage by /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ANKARA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 20: Turkey’s president on Wednesday slammed a post retweeted by the United Arab Emirates' foreign minister social media targeting Fahreddin Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Medina from 1916-1919. In an address to local headmen from across the country in the capital, Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "It is not a coincidence that those, who think it is a skill to be together with the tyrants at a period when Muslims are under attack and violence, target Fahreddin Pasha." "Where were your ancestors when our Fahreddin Pasha was defending Medina?" Erdogan asked. His remarks came after U.A.E. Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan retweeted a post on Twitter, which accused Fahreddin Pasha of committing crimes against the local population and theft of their property. In the post, Turks are accused of stealing "most of the manuscripts of the Mahmudiyah library in the city" and sending them to Turkey. "These are Erdogan’s ancestors and their history with Arab Muslims,” the tweet read. Erdogan said: "It seems that you never knew about this nation, and Erdogan, and his ancestors." About the claims of theft, Erdogan stressed it was not stealing but "protecting the holy relics of the Prophet Mohamed from the invaders". (Footage by /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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