'Erdogan painted himself into a corner'

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Turkish Opposition Leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu criticized Ankara's decision to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Jerusalem, saying that the move was "pointless."

"No good can come of it and there is no need for us to risk our interest with petty actions," he told the Turkish news agency on Sunday.

Turkey's decision, which included expelling the Israeli ambassador to Ankara and suspending military contracts, was in response to the UN's Palmer Report, which it dubbed as biased.

Kilicdaroglu agreed with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that the Palmer Report was damaging to Turkey, but insisted that downgrading diplomatic relations with Israel would only work against Turkey.

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