ISTANBUL, 05 December, 2020, (TON): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he hopes France will "get rid" of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as soon as possible.

"Macron is a trouble for France. With Macron, France is passing through a very, very dangerous period. I hope that France will get rid of Macron trouble as soon as possible," Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul.

On Friday Ergodan said France should get rid of Macron "otherwise they will not be able to get rid of yellow vests," referring to the protest movement that began in France in 2018.

"Yellow vests could later turn into red vests," Erdogan said.

France, late in 2018, had experienced one of the most significant social mobilisations in its recent history, which laid bare the country’s social ills, anti-elite sentiment, growing inequalities and thirst for social justice.

Now, the similar concerns are again come into the spotlight when systemic racism is at the peak in the country, ragging similar protests in intensity that rocks the country. It has been roiled for days, with mass protests and collective outrage, over a proposed security law that would criminalize recording or photographing police behaviour.

Turkey and France are embroiled in a series of disputes, from tensions in the eastern Mediterranean to the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.

And the spat has risen to new levels in recent months as Macron has moved to crack down on Muslims, as he previously targeted Islam, saying a religion in crisis across the world – comments that upset Muslims in France and globally. Erdogan has repeatedly suggested that Macron get "mental checks" and urged the Turkish people to boycott French-labelled products.