Turkish PM slams resigning AKP lawmakers in support rally in Istanbul

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the three ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers who resigned from the party expressing criticism over the recent graft scandal, Hürriyet Daily News reports.

“We have come this far in our cause together, whatever [the resigning lawmakers] might say. But, I beg your pardon, we won’t say let’s continue to walk together to those who betray us during our journey. Those, we will throw them of the door,” Erdoğan told a crowd of supporters gathered at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport on December 27 in order to show their support to the government, the news agency reports.