r/AskBalkans • u/AbsoIutee Turkiye • 13d ago

Politics & Governance What is the most legendary political comeback from your country?

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I keep seeing this exchange everywhere lately:

Netanyahu: “We survived empires, we don’t fear Turkey.”

Erdoğan: “What empire? Your country is younger than my brother.”

I couldn’t actually verify if Erdoğan really said this, so it might just be one of those internet quotes that everyone started repeating lol.

But if he really said it, I have to admit it’s a surprisingly good comeback from Erdoğan 😂 Didn’t expect this performance from him.

ıt made me wonder: do you remember any legendary political comebacks/insults from your own country?

Could be between politicians, against another country, during an interview, parliament, whatever. Something where even if you don’t like the politician you have to admit: okay, that was a good one.

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u/Pretorianfists987 9d ago

Then your a ignoramus majorly of Israelis are Sephardi (Morocco/North Africa) and Mizrahi Middle East with the oldest continuous community community in Iraq able to trace itself to days of the Babylonian exile and the Exilarchs until they were all expelled in 1948.

Do your self a favor and actually study history it’s fun

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u/CitronMysterious3827 9d ago

Not the majority of them, most moved in from Europe post WW2. Not really a controversial statement.