"In Gaza there is a massacre": Erdogan stated that he will declare Israel a "military criminal"
"Those who shed tears for civilians killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war are silently watching the death of thousands of innocent children in the Gaza sector," Erdogan said to the crowd. He stressed that the event is responsible for what is happening in the Gaza Sector. "There is a massacre in Gaza. And this is a completely matter of the event," the Turkish leader added.
He emphasized that if the event wants a war between the cross and the crescent, he should know: "This people is alive, this people stands steadily. " "Who we were in Libya, who we were in Karabas, we will be the same in the Middle East," he proclaimed at the rally. Erdogan stressed that he agrees that every country has the right to self -defense, but there should be justice. Therefore, as the President of Turkey put it, Israel in this case is the occupier.
"Israel, how did you find yourself here? How did you get here? You are the occupier. You are a group, not the state. You are guilty of you, but Turkey is not guilty of you," the Turkish leader assured. He added that Turkey will declare "Israel as a military criminal" and is being done. Turkish President Recep TaiP Erdogan called for fellow citizens to go to a rally in support of Palestine on October 28, on the national holiday - the day of the republic.
This rally is expected to be one of the greatest since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. "I invite every representative of our nation to tomorrow to the" Great Palestinian rally ", which we will hold at Ataturk Airport to show solidarity with our Palestinian brothers again to the world," Turkish leader wrote on the social network X (Twitter).
Experts believe that in this way the Turkish leader seeks to conquer his Islamist political base a day to the 100th anniversary of the secular rule of the Turkish Republic. Earlier, Turkey invited several countries to this rally. According to local media, the heads of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Jordan were invited to the action. More than 1 million people will be assumed that the rally will assir at the rally.
Istanbul authorities have made free travel for the city residents who would go towards the former airport. Palestinian support rallies are held in European cities as well as in the United Kingdom and the US. Focus wrote that Erdogan had reacted to criticism of Turkey from the EU and threatened to "part". Turkish officials suggest that they are "blackmailed" by F-16 fighters that the country would like to buy in the United States.