He's playing a role for his supporters. Dude is kinda in the middle of trying to become a Turkish Putin, so expect a lot of nationalist piety, tough talking to outsiders and whatnot. Mind you, they just recently arrested thousands of people, executed an unknown number of them and are have systematic purges of various Turkish institutions to put more of his supporters in power.
Erdogan isn't trying to state facts categorically. He's using rhetoric to send a message. The specific words used are essentially meaningless. "We're pure as snow, you're bad, we are superior in everyway. Ignore the corruption, murders, show trials, etc."
