Australia 'making progress' with Turkey after ErdoÄŸan comments spark diplomatic row

Scott Morrison dials down furious response to president's comments in wake of Christchurch attack

Australia's prime minister has declared his country is "making progress" towards repairing its relationship with Turkey after the president Recep Tayyip ErdoAan created a diplomatic row by invoking Anzac deaths at Gallipoli.

During an election rally, ErdoAan showed footage from the devastating Christchurch terrorist attack and said anyone who came to Turkey with anti-Islamic sentiments would be sent back in coffins "like their grandfathers were" during the failed 1915 allied campaign.