ALBAWABA - Significant statements on Hamas were made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the "31st Consultation and Evaluation Meeting" of the AK Party in Kızılcahamam, Ankara. In addition to defending their own territories, Erdoğan emphasized that Hamas and the Palestinian people are shielding Anatolia from dangers of expansion.
Erdoğan highlighted the ongoing hardship and land confiscations that the Palestinian people have experienced over the last seventy-six years. He denounced Israel for its ongoing brutality and the deaths of Palestinian children, bringing particular attention to the horrific events that have occurred in Gaza since October 7. Erdoğan said that Turkey would persist in opposing this ongoing injustice and reaffirmed Turkey's unshakable support for the Palestinian cause.
The president of Turkey attacked the US plan for a prisoner swap, calling it reckless and said it was ignoring Hamas' deconstruction. In addition, he denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for a halt to his actions, which in Erdoğan's opinion are speeding the world's impending catastrophe.
During an April address at the AK Party Parliamentary Group Meeting, Erdoğan made a comparison between Hamas and the Turkish nationalist movement, Kuvayımilliye. He said that Hamas is as important to the Palestinian cause as the Kuvayımilliye was to Turkey in the War of Independence. Regardless of the repercussions, Erdoğan pledged to keep advocating for the Palestinian cause and serving as the voice of the oppressed Palestinian people.
Recent remarks by Erdoğan demonstrate his staunch backing of Hamas and his disapproval of Israeli tactics, seeing the Palestinian struggle as a safeguard not just of their territory but also of wider regional objectives.
