Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan has decided that it isn’t just Jews he despises; it’s blacks, too, apparently. Ripping his rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, who leads the center-left and secular Republican Peoples Party (CHP), Erdogan blustered, “Kiliçdaroglu is striving every bit he can to raise himself from the level of a black person to the level of a white man.”

This follows remarks Erdogan has made over the years which evidence his hatred of Jews, from his remarks in 1993 to his recent remarks blaming the “Interest Lobbies” (code for Jews) for protests against his government.

Erdogan is described as having a “close friendship” with U.S. President Barack Obama.