These statements follow the Sept. 22 UN General Assembly session, where the Israeli delegation walked out of Erdogan's address after he described Gaza as an "inhumane concentration camp." Erdogan recently praised those diplomatic departures as a "principled stance" and claimed the walkouts struck the "genocide network like a slap," providing the response that war criminals deserved.
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Erdogan Demands 5 Permanent UN Security Council Members Lose Veto Power
Geopolitics22 days ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the denial of a visa to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as "a disgrace" and asserted that "war criminals" were given a platform at the UN in Abbas's place. Erdogan demanded that the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council lose their veto power, arguing the current system is "unjust" and disrupts global stability. He vowed Turkey will not change its position until those responsible for crimes against humanity and "state terror" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank are held legally accountable.
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