Chomsky calls Erdoğan a “murderer"

YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. The renowned US academic and award-winning author, Noam Chomsky calls Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "murderer". “Armenpress” reports he made the assessments in an interview with Al Jazeera.

Following last week's suicide attack in a historic district of Istanbul, Erdoğan criticised Chomsky and other "so-called intellectuals" for supporting Kurdish separatists. 

Chomsky had previously accused the Turkish government of carrying out a "terrorist" war against the Kurds. In the interview with Al Jazeera TV channel, Professor Chomsky says that President Erdoğan is "undoubtedly carrying out vicious repressive actions attacking the Kurdish population," and adds that he would call him a "murderer".

In the wide-ranging interview, Chomsky also clarifies his position on the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, discusses the spat between Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, comments on the US presidential elections, and questions the Palestinian BDS - boycott, divestment and sanctions - movement.