Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,” the president said.
Turkey’s leader is threatening to send the NATO heavyweight’s troops into Israel to intervene on behalf of Palestinians in an escalation of rhetoric that raises fears of wider regional conflict.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the northeastern city of Rize on the Black Sea that Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine.”
“Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we will do [something] similar exactly to them,” Erdoğan said.
Erdoğan often makes rhetorical flourishes to appeal to his core Islamist support base, but Turkey is also a significant military player — with NATO’s second-biggest military — and he has been willing to make major interventions in the region, including in Syria and Iraq.
Turkey supported Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War against Armenia in 2020, though has long denied any direct involvement, and has deployed troops in Libya in support of the United Nations-recognized government since 2020.
https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-nato-tayyip-erdogan-threatens-enter-israel-help-palestinians/
Turkish Parliament Approves 2-Year Military Deployment to Somalia
Hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to threaten to invade Israel in support of the Palestinians, Ankara’s Foreign Ministry compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in a Monday statement.
“Just as the end of the genocidal Hitler came, so too will be the end of the genocidal Netanyahu,” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-again-compares-netanyahu-to-hitler-saying-genocidal-leaders-meet-their-end/amp/
Turkey’s central bank has handed back to Saudi Arabia a $5bn deposit, underscoring Ankara’s progress in replenishing its foreign currency stores as part of its economic turnaround effort.
https://www.ft.com/content/f3df653d-1f0f-41c0-b471-6cf7a9d99f87
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