Erdogan calls for removal of ‘Trump’ from tower in Istanbul
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for the removal of the word “Trump” from the Trump Towers building in Istanbul over the anti-Islam rhetoric usually used by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“[Trump] has no tolerance for Muslims living in the US. And on top of that they used a brand in [Istanbul] with his name. The ones who put that brand on their building should immediately remove it,” said Erdogan during a speech at the Industrialists and Businessmen Association, RT reported on Saturday.
The building was built by Turkish billionaire Aydın Doğan who pays Trump for using of his name.
Following Trump's calls to ban Muslims’ entry to the US, Doğan’s company announced that it is “evaluating its legal ties with the brand name.”
“We regret and condemn Trump's discriminatory remarks. Such statements bear no value and are products of a mind that does not understand Islam, a peace religion, at all," said Trump Shopping Mall Manager Bulent Kural in December.
Erdogan, who was present at the Trump Towers opening in 2012, also said that he had made a mistake in giving permission of such an endeavor.
At the time he had complained that “We have so many beautiful Turkish-language equivalents for foreign words such as ‘towers’, ‘mall’, ‘food court’.”
Trump has on several occasions spoken against Muslims; including a call for a “complete” ban on Muslim immigrants entering the county. Apart from Muslims, Trump is also unpopular among Hispanics, African Americans, and women.
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