“We will mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well”

 

Addressing AK Party’s provincial congress in Adana, President Erdoğan said: “Just as we never left alone or unprotected our Gazan brothers and sisters for 467 days, we will inshallah mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well. Our fight aimed at bringing all those committing war crimes and crimes against humanity to account one by one will increasingly continue.”

President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the party’s 8th ordinary provincial congress in Adana.

“WE PURSUE A POLICY THAT BEFITS OUR FAITH AND CULTURE”

Drawing attention to the regional developments, President Erdoğan stated that the Baathist regime’s 61-year-long order of oppression and the 14-year-long bloody war eventually ended in Syria, and said: “Our Syrian brothers and sisters sacrificed 1 million people for the sake of their independence. However, they never refrained from patiently resisting the regime’s merciless attacks for 14 years. And, we pursued a policy, which befits our faith, culture and history, during this period when our humanity and brotherhood was challenged. I am asking our youth: What did we do? We embraced the oppressed, held the hands of the poor, protected the orphans and put one more plate on our tables for the muhajirun.”

“TÜRKİYE WILL PROVIDE ITS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH ANY KIND OF SUPPORT”

Pointing out that they, while facilitating the voluntary return of Türkiye’s guests to their homeland after a 13-year-long homesickness, does not force anyone to do so, President Erdoğan added: “The new administration in the country is displaying a moderate approach that embraces all the religions, sects and ethnicities. We follow with appreciation the sincere efforts the new administration is exerting to ensure Syria’s political and geographical unity. As a result of this development, the project aimed at dividing Syria into three parts, and thus turning it into easily-swallowed bites was foiled. Türkiye will provide its brothers and sisters with any kind of support in order for Syria to rapidly leave behind the grave destructions and pains it suffered, and once again become a united, strong and prosperous country.”

“THE PEOPLE OF GAZA WILL BREATHE A BIT OF A SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER 15 MONTHS”

Also touching upon the ceasefire deal reached by Hamas, the Palestinian resistance movement, and Israel through Türkiye’s intensive efforts and suggestions as well, President Erdoğan said: “The people of Gaza will inshallah breathe a bit of a sigh of relief after 15 months. We must note hereby that the Israeli government has failed to break our Gazan brothers and sisters’ will to resist despite the genocide and massacre it has carried out for 467 days. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that they have bombed for months our 2 million brothers and sisters, whom they have confined to a 363-squarekilometer area. They have killed children. They have razed hospitals to the ground. They have reduced schools, mosques, churches to rubble. They have nefariously massacred doctors, healthcare workers and journalists. They have hit civilians waiting on the food line. They have hit trucks carrying humanitarian aid. They have condemned babies to hunger and have watched them die.”

“They have displayed all kinds of oppression, cruelty and atrocity in Gaza, and yet they have failed to make our Gazan brothers and sisters kneel down. Over 50 thousand people, most of them children and women, have been martyred. Over 110 thousand civilians have been injured. The whereabouts of more than 10 thousand Gazans is unknown. One of the biggest genocides of the century has taken place before the eyes of the whole world, what is more, for 467 days. Despite all this, the Palestinian people have not given in, have not surrendered, could not be captured, could not be made kneel down,” President Erdoğan said.

“WE HAVE STOOD WITH THE OPPRESSED, THE DOWNTRODDEN AND JUSTICE”

President Erdoğan continued as follows: “We know very well that Israel, Netanyahu in particular, has a long record in ceasefire violations. It should not be allowed this time. All should do their part, and a constant pressure should be put on Israel in order not to return to the former times in Gaza. Just as we never left alone or unprotected our Gazan brothers and sisters for 467 days, we will inshallah mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well. Our fight aimed at bringing all those committing war crimes and crimes against humanity to account one by one will increasingly continue.”

Further stressing that they have stood with the oppressed, the downtrodden and justice in both the Syrian conflict and Gaza crisis, President Erdoğan: “We have taken our own religious, cultural and civilizational codes as reference, not what the West or imperialist powers say. We have not paid heed to what Europe, America, or the Zionist lobby would say. We have said that our place is with the oppressed. When the entire world became deaf and mute, this brother of yours spoke of justice, stood with the righteous, never fearing anyone.”