Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a July 27 speech in the northeastern province of Rize, and apparently seething with anger, lit into both Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for his July 24 Nuremberg Rally speech in Washington, and the U.S. Congress for hosting it. Erdogan even hinted at a possible Turkish military intervention against Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza. “When we see those who applaud the murderer of 40,000 innocent people, we worry not only for humanity but also for our own future,” he said, reported the official Anadolu Agency. “Rolling out a red carpet for someone like Netanyahu, going much further and applauding his lies till their hands swell is a great mental eclipse for America.”
“The other day, we watched those disgraceful scenes in U.S. House of Representatives together. We were ashamed on behalf of humanity in the face of what we saw there.” Erdogan further said: “Who can guarantee that those who razed Gaza to the ground today will not set their dirty eyes on Anatolia tomorrow?”
Erdogan described Türkiye as having been “the conscience of humanity” in its support for the people of Gaza: “Who can claim that those who are silent about the massacre in Gaza today will react when the same happens to other countries? That is why we say at every opportunity that Türkiye must be strong, deterrent and self-sufficient in every field.”
“We could do the same to them (Israel) as we did in Karabakh and Libya. There is nothing stopping us from taking these steps, provided we are strong enough,” Erdogan said.
