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Migrants are seen in a smoke of tear gas at the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule on Friday, March 6, 2020. Clashes erupted anew on the Greek-Turkish border Friday as migrants attempted to push through into Greece, while the European Union's foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Migrants are seen in a smoke of tear gas at the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule on Friday, March 6, 2020. Clashes erupted anew on the Greek-Turkish border Friday as migrants attempted to push through into Greece, while the European Union's foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

March 11, 2020

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Turkey's Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis
March 11, 2020 8:59 a.m.

Turkey's Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president on Wednesday made the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities' alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to "what the Nazis did," and said he would denounce Greece's action at international platforms.