The PM has hit back after Turkey's leader said anti-Muslim Australians who visit his country would return home in coffins 'like their grandfathers'. 9News
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected excuses over comments made by the Turkish President after the Christchurch shooting, warning the country’s ambassador "all options are now on the table”.
The President was speaking about the Christchurch massacre at a rally, when he said anti-Muslim Australians who visit his country would return home in coffins "like their grandfathers," a reference to the World War I battle at Gallipoli, in which thousands of Australians were killed. "I have conveyed that in the strongest possible terms to the Turkish Ambassador today, and I do not accept the excuses that have been offered for those comments."
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