Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the Nobel Foundation for awarding Egyptian Vice President Mohamed El-Baradei with a Nobel Peace Prize, Hürriyet Daily News reports.
According to the head of the Turkish cabinet, El-Baradei sided with a military coup and does not deserve such an award.
“El-Baradei, who was given a Nobel Peace Prize, is now vice president of a government that conducted a military coup,” Erdoğan is quoted as saying by the news agency.
“I am addressing the Nobel Foundation, how do you distribute peace awards to those who side with people who conducted military coups?” he asked.
