Erdogan accuses West of ‘barbarism’ and Islamophobia over war in Gaza

Mr Erdogan accused the West of Islamophobia (AP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used a speech on human rights to accuse the West of “barbarism” over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war and what he alleged was its toleration of Islamophobia.

Mr Erdogan told a packed hall in Istanbul the day before the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Israel has carried out atrocities and massacres that will shame the whole of humanity.