Erdogan: Conditions In Gaza Worse Than Nazi Camps
ISTANBUL, June 21 (Bernama-WAFA) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as worse than the conditions in Nazi concentration camps.
According to Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) he said this in a powerful speech delivered during the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Istanbul.
"Two million of our brothers and sisters in Gaza have been struggling to survive for the past 21 months under conditions worse even than those in Nazi concentration camps," Erdoğan said.
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He emphasised that Turkiye is continuing its efforts to impose coercive measures against Israel based on international law and the United Nations Charter.
The Turkish president stated that over 55,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, with more than 65 per cent of the victims being women and children.
"Turkiye shares the pain and grief of the Palestinian people," he added. "Let our Palestinian brothers know that no matter how deep the darkness of oppression, justice will prevail by the will of God, and victory will surely belong to the faithful."
Erdoğan accused Israel of increasingly adopting policies of occupation, destruction, and massacre over the past two years. He warned that Israel, backed unconditionally by Western powers, is driving the region toward deeper instability.
"Israel has turned Gaza into rubble before the eyes of the world," Erdoğan said. "It has bombed hospitals, schools, mosques, and churches. It has brutally killed people waiting in aid lines for a bag of flour, a bowl of soup, or a piece of stale bread."
He further condemned the daily killing of hundreds of innocent civilians by Israeli forces, noting that most of the victims are children and women.
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