Erdogan slams ‘brain dead’ Macron

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday lashed out at counterpart Emmanuel Macron over his criticisms of Nato, saying it was the French president who was suffering “brain death”. Macron has strongly opposed Turkey’s military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria, launched last month, and reiterated on Thursday that it “endangers the actions of the anti-IS (Islamic State) coalition, of which Nato is a member”. Erdogan said Ankara had a right to intervene in Syria given their shared border.