DHAKA: Turkey president Erdogan declared that he will withdraw all lawsuits against people charged with insulting him.

Erdogan said that he was inspired by the feelings of unity in the wake of the recent failed coup.

But he also stepped up his attacks on nations criticizing his crackdown in the wake of the coup attempt, telling them to mind your own businesses.

He earlier blasted US Gen Joseph Votel, head of US Central Command, saying that he was ‘on the side of the coup plotters’.

Gen Votel had said in remarks on Thursday that the jailing of some military leaders could damage Turkish-American military cooperation.

BDST: 1337 HRS, JUL 30, 2016
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