Important Statements from President Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made important statements to the press after performing Friday prayers at Uskudar Cilehane Mosque. Erdoğan stated, ‘The visit of Ozgur was a positive development for both the ruling party and the main opposition. With this step taken, we see that politics in our country has entered a period of relaxation.’

President Erdoğan’s Evaluations

President Erdoğan said, ‘Ozgur became the Chairman of CHP. After becoming the Chairman, making such a visit was a positive development for both the ruling party and the main opposition. We see that politics in our country has entered a period of relaxation. I also told Ozgur that I will reciprocate such a visit at the first opportunity. Turkish politics need this. I want to start the process of softening politics in Turkey by making this visit as soon as possible. We will take this step.’

Israel-Palestine Issue

‘There is no acceptable aspect to the developments between Israel and Palestine. Israel has ruthlessly killed 45 thousand Palestinians so far, and as a Muslim, it is unthinkable for us to remain indifferent to this. We have taken the necessary steps,’ he said.

Israel and Western Countries

In his speech, Erdoğan continued, ‘Israel, unfortunately, despite the approaches we made before these events began, I did not have the meeting with Netenyahu in the US for no reason. I did it to show that certain steps could be taken between Turkey and Israel. But Netenyahu was ruthless, and unfortunately, he showed this ruthlessness towards children, women, and the elderly. He does not have the means. Western countries, especially the US, are all working for Israel. With all these resources mobilized, the poor, destitute people of Palestine were sentenced to death by Israel’s bombs. In the face of this, we could not be more patient and took our steps. We had a trade volume of 9.5 billion dollars between us. Disregarding this trade volume, we closed this door. Good luck from now on,’ he said.