ISTANBUL — Challenging someone to a fight over an insult is a distant memory from the school playground for most people. But in recent days two senior Turkish politicians have been engaging in the kind of taunting many would consider unbecoming of middle-aged men — and the Turkish government's refugee policy was at the center of their dispute.
The row between Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu and Umit Ozdag, president of the nationalist Zafer party, was sparked May 5 when the minister called Ozdag “less than an animal” during a TV interview.
