Erdogan insults Wilders, questions Macron's mental health again

Fascism is not in our book; it's in yours," Turkish President Erdoğan tells Dutch politician Wilders over insulting caricatures as he renews his call for his French counterpart Macron to undergo mental checks.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hit back at Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders over an insulting cartoon he shared.

"Fascism is not in our book; it's in your book. Social justice is in our book," Erdoğan said at a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the eastern Malatya province, calling Wilders a "fascist" on Sunday."

The forces that make the world uninhabitable have put us on the target board because we disrupt their games and reveal their true faces," Erdoğan said, adding, "We will carry on."

Erdoğan insulting President Macron and Geert Wilders

His remarks came after Wilders, known for his anti-Islamic stance, shared on Twitter an insulting cartoon of the Turkish president, who was denounced by several Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

"When truth was spoken to their faces, Europe's loser racists showed up again. Trying to exploit Islamophobia and xenophobia. Time has come to stop Europe's spoiled politicians with fascist mindsets," Cavusoglu said on Twitter.

"Immoral, antihuman, and fascist...," said AK Party spokesman Omer Celik on Twitter in response to the post, along with the hashtag #TerroristGeertWilders.

Fahrettin Altun, Turkey's communications director, also took to Twitter in criticism of the anti-Islamic stance.

"Europe is an increasingly dangerous place for Muslims. The dog whistle politics of offensive caricatures, accusations of separatism against Muslims, and mosque raids aren't about freedom of expression," Altun warned.