Turkey on Wednesday condemned the killing of Hamas terrorist Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as a “shameful” assassination that could escalate the Gaza war into a regional conflict.
“We condemn the assassination of Hamas political office leader Ismail Haniyeh in a heinous attack in Tehran,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said. Said said in a statement on Wednesday.
“We mourn the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who, like Haniya, were martyred to live in peace in their homeland under the roof of their own state. The Netanyahu regime has once again demonstrated its lack of will to achieve peace,” the statement continued.
“The attack also aims to escalate the war in Gaza to the regional level. If the international community does not act to stop Israel, our region will face an even bigger conflict,” the Turkish foreign ministry said.
Turkey’s authoritarian Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was even more blatant in a social media post on Wednesday morning, mourning Haniyeh as a “brother” and condemning Israel’s alleged assassination as “barbarism.”
“This assassination is a despicable act aimed at undermining the Palestinian cause, Gaza’s glorious resistance and the legitimate struggle of our Palestinian brothers and sisters, and at demoralizing and intimidating the Palestinian people,” Erdogan condemned.
Erdogan vowed that Turkey would “use all means and resources to support our Palestinian brothers.”
“We remain committed to the establishment of a free, sovereign and independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.
Erdogan was no fan of Israel before Haniya’s death. By comparison He introduced the Israeli government to Nazi Germany. Two weeks ago, he Said Turkey, an increasingly troubled member of NATO, will block any efforts by the alliance to cooperate with Israel.
On Monday, Erdogan spoke at an AKP party rally and threatened to invade Israel on behalf of the Palestinians.
“We may do the same thing, just like when we entered Karabakh and when we entered Libya. There is nothing we can’t do. We have to be strong,” Erdogan said.
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turkey not recognize While denouncing Hamas as a terrorist organization, the Erdogan government has actively encouraged Hamas to hold rallies in Turkey. Erdogan has also refused to condemn the October 7 atrocities committed by Palestinian terrorists. Instead, he Claimed Hamas is “not a terrorist organization,” but rather a “liberation group” andMujahideen(Islamic holy warriors).
AKP Party release Israel issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that by assassinating Haniya, Israel had “triggered a regional war.”
AKP spokesman Omer Celik called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government “the biggest obstacle to world peace.”
“This attack proves that the genocidal network intends to intensify its brutality in the future,” he said.
“Initial reports suggest that the assassination was carried out by a missile from another country, which, if true, would prove an Israeli genocide network,” he continued, the other country he was referring to obliquely, presumably the United States.
Haniya’s exact situation Death in Tehran The cause of death, announced by the Iranian government on Wednesday, has not yet been released. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli government has not claimed any involvement in his death.
