President Tayyip Erodgan said on Sunday that Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. Erodgan said “We need to be very strong so that Israel cannot do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we can do something similar to them.” “There is no reason why we cannot do this … We must be strong so that we can take these steps,” he said. 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.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz replied to Erodgan’s speech and said in a post on X that Erodgan is following in the footsteps of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein by threatening Israel. He wrote on his social media account “Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended,” about the Iraqi president, who was later executed.
Turkey’s foreign ministry also denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, comparing him to Adolf Hitler. “Just as the end of the genocidal Hitler came, so too will be the end of the genocidal Netanyahu,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Just as the genocidal Nazis were held accountable, those who seek to destroy the Palestinians will also be held accountable,” the ministry added. “Humanity will stand with the Palestinians. You will not be able to destroy the Palestinians.”
