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Turkey calls Swedish prosecutor's inaction over Erdogan effigy "absurd"

FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends a news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not seen) in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that a Swedish prosecutor not taking action over an incident where President Tayyip Erdogan's effigy was hung in Stockholm was "absurd."

Speaking at a news conference, Cavusoglu said the incident was a racist attack and constituted a hate crime. Sweden should not try to fool Turkey by calling it freedom of speech, he added.

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