President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye has been prioritizing the issue of Gaza on all international platforms and will continue to raise its voice for Palestinians until Palestine is fully liberated.
Speaking at a news conference following a cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara on Monday, Erdoğan said Türkiye has been striving to take serious steps to end the genocide.
“We have been working to make all international organizations, primarily the United Nations, take coercive measures to stop Israeli aggression,” Erdoğan told reporters, adding that Ankara has been working day and night to oppose the Israeli attacks.
He noted that the recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) was an indication that pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his “massacre gang.”
He said that Ankara has been striving hard to ensure that the Muslim world unites against Israel.
‘We will continue to stand in solidarity with Palestinians until Israeli genocide ends, Gaza and Palestine are fully liberated, with all our might and all means available,” the president said.
Türkiye has been doing much more for Palestine and Lebanon than what is visible and seen in the media, Erdoğan said.
He noted that Türkiye’s efforts for Palestine received high praise at the Extraordinary Joint Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League in Riyadh earlier this month. At the climate change summit COP29 in Baku, Türkiye also brought up the issue of Israel’s barbarities. He continued by saying that his meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani focused on not only bilateral trade and economic relations but also the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Lebanon. At the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Brazil’s Rio, Erdoğan said he explained to his counterparts the threats of Israel’s occupation and invasion policy to Türkiye, the region and the world.