The ire of Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drew comparisons between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and the New Zealand mosque attacker, both of whom referred to Istanbul by its historic name of Constantinople.

Netanyahu’s son, Yair, tweeted on Friday that Istanbul “is actually a city called Constantinople… centre of orthodox Christianity for more than a thousand years before Turkish occupation!” A “manifesto” by suspect Brenton Tarrant in the New Zealand mass shootings reportedly referred to Constantinople.