Turkey summons UAE envoy over Foreign Minister tweet slamming Erdogan's ancestors
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ANKARA: A Turkish foreign ministry official said on Thursday the United Arab Emirates charge d´affaires was summoned to the ministry over comments about an Ottoman commander retweeted by the UAE foreign minister.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahayan retweeted on Saturday accusations that Ottoman forces stole goods from the holy city of Medina during World War One, saying those people were Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan´s ancestors.
