Ankara blasted former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks on Turkey in his new book released this week as “misinformation” and “hypocrisy,” accusing the hard-line politician of trying to woo voters as he vies for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“What he says about Turkey is misinformation. I am being diplomatic. You could just call it plain lying,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Thursday. Turkey top diplomat came to loggerheads with Pompeo more than once when Pompeo was his counterpart from 2018 to 2021.

Titled “Never Give An Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” Pompeo’s memoir have made headlines since its release Tuesday. “It’s a master class in the performative anger poisoning American politics,” wrote Pulitzer Award winner Tim Wiener in The Washington Post, describing it as having “more venom than a quiver of cobras.”

Turkish officials are primarily angry over Pompeo’s narrative on the two countries' differences over Kurdish militant groups and his reflections on the strength of the Turkish military. A colorful anecdote on how Pompeo wanted to break into a bilateral meeting in 2019 between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Vice President Mike Pence also rattled rather than amused Ankara, which questioned Pompeo’s accuracy.