President Tayyip Erdogan claimed the mosque attacks in New Zealand were part of a wider attack on Turkey and evidence of global anti-Muslim sentiment.

He criticised the Anzacs for their role in the Gallipoli campaign and threatened to return anyone who came to his country with anti-Islam sentiment back in coffins.

Ambassador Korhan Karakoç arrived at Parliament House at 10:00am to meet with the Prime Minister.

“I don’t find these comments very helpful,” he said.

“I don’t find them very accurate or truthful as well, because the actions of the Australian and New Zealand government[s] have been consistent with our values of welcoming and supporting people from all around the world.”

© AP: Presidential Press Service The Turkish leader has been using clips of the Christchurch attack to denounce Islamophobia during campaign rallies.Australian Brenton Tarrant is facing murder charges in New Zealand after a lone gunman opened fire at two mosques during prayers on Friday.

The massacre killed 50 people and left dozens of people injured.

Mr Erdogan, who has been touring the country ahead of local elections later this month, again showed excerpts of a video taken by the attacker during the mosque shootings and denounced what he called rising hatred and prejudice against Islam.

He criticised New Zealand and Australia for sending troops to Turkey in the World War I Gallipoli campaign, claiming their motive was anti-Islam-oriented.

“Your grandparents came here … and they returned in caskets,” he said.

“Have no doubt we will send you back like your grandfathers.”

Mr Erdogan said Turkey was wrong to have abolished the death penalty 15 years ago, and added that New Zealand should make legal arrangements so the Christchurch gunman could face capital punishment.

“Australia has denounced, New Zealand has denounced, absolutely and completely, the act of extremist right-wing terrorism, white supremacist terrorism that we saw in New Zealand,” Mr Morrison said.

“We could not have been more forward leaning in offering our great condolence and support to the Muslim community both in New Zealand and in Australia.

“I find the responsibility, in these situations, of all leaders is to take the temperature down on these issues, and I don’t intend to seek to escalate that in the response I’m giving today.

“So I’m going to be speaking directly to the Turkish ambassador about this.”

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