“Türkiye will provide the brotherly Palestinian people with any kind of support”
Speaking at the award ceremony of the Holy Quran Fine Recitation Competition, President Erdoğan said: “All should know that we will always stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters. We will stand by them with our humanitarian relief works, we will stand by them with our diplomatic contacts, we will stand by them with our peaceful and principled policies that advocate justice. We as Türkiye will provide the brotherly Palestinian people with any kind of necessary support.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the award ceremony of the Holy Quran Fine Recitation Competition at the Beştepe Nation’s Exhibition Hall in Ankara.
Expressing his wish for the Laylat al-Qadr to lead to auspicious outcomes for the Islamic world and the entire humanity, and for this holy night to the salvation of all the oppressed heroically resisting oppressors and genocides in especially Gaza and Palestine, in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Somalia and in many other places, President Erdoğan stressed that the Zionist administration, which have broken the ceasefire agreement reached on January 19, have intensified its attacks on Gaza in recent days, and that hospitals, healthcare facilities and healthcare workers, who mustn’t be aimed at even in wars, are deliberately targeted by Israel.
“WE WILL ALWAYS STAND BY OUR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS”
Underscoring that the last standing buildings in Gaza, almost 80 per cent of which is collapsed, are being destructed under heavy bombardment, President Erdoğan said: “The Israeli administration, which has becoming more and more spoilt and rogue each passing day in the face of Western powers’ silence, continues its policy of genocide in Ramadan as well. Unfortunately, our over 700 Palestinian brothers and sisters, most of them children and women, have died a martyr’s death, and hundreds of civilians have been injured in Israel’s latest inhumane attacks. I wish Allah the Almighty’s mercy upon all the martyrs, and a speedy recovery to the injured. I ask you to not forget our Palestinian brothers and sisters in your prayers in this Laylat al-Qadr. May my Lord allow all of you, all of us to properly observe this night. All should know that we will always stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters. We will stand by them with our humanitarian relief works, we will stand by them with our diplomatic contacts, we will stand by them with our peaceful and principled policies that advocate justice. We as Türkiye will provide the brotherly Palestinian people with any kind of necessary support. We will determinedly continue to do what is required in order for the oppression and genocide in Gaza to end at once.”
“THE DOSE OF VIOLENCE IS BEING INTENSIFIED EACH PASSING DAY”
Drawing attention to the repercussions of the incidents that have recently taken place in different parts of the world, particularly the region in which Türkiye is located, President Erdoğan noted that as the global system established following the Second World War is being restructured, the dose of violence and competition is being intensified each passing day, and added: “The common values and the common legacy of the humanity are increasingly getting corrupted. International organizations and institutions founded to establish peace, calm and security not only fail to fulfill their duties, but also cause the humanitarian tragedies that we are faced with to further deepen. The occupation and genocide ongoing in Palestine for 1.5 years have yet to be stopped. The famine, drought, poverty in different parts of Africa have been continuing for decades.”
“MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SUBJECTED TO SYSTEMATIC PRESSURES, ASSIMILATION POLICIES”
Pointing to the acute food crisis faced by over 280 million people in more than 60 countries, President Erdoğan stated that millions of people are subjected to systematic pressures and assimilation policies, and went on to say: “Let me openheartedly explain hereby that the Islamic world’s negligence and disorganization are as guilty as the masters of the global order in the emerging of this negative picture. Unfortunately, we are unable to focus enough on external world and external opportunities as we are dealing with our internal problems. Fanaticism for sects, ethnic roots and ethnic groups consumes Muslims’ energy, causing them to collapse internally.”
President Erdoğan further stressed that the Islamic world, regardless of ethnic origins, must unite and hold firmly on to its brotherhood in the face of current situation.
