Turkey is the voice of the oppressed, Erdoğan says to Israel's Netanyahu

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticizing remarks toward himself and Turkey.

"Erdoğan is the voice of the oppressed, you [Netanyahu] are the voice of the persecutors. You are cruel!" he said at an opening ceremony in Istanbul.

"You are conducting state terror, your police detain women and children by kicking and dragging them," he added.

He went on to say: "Israel has no right to accuse anyone without accounting for its own sins, crimes against humanity, massacres and destruction."

On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his Twitter account, attacked Turkish president over Turkey's counter-terror operation and Cyprus issues.