Turkey-Zionist Regime Ties Sour Over Gaza Bloodshed
ISTANBUL (Dispatches) – Turkey has ordered the Zionist regime’s consul general in Istanbul, Yossi Levi Sfari, to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry confirmed, a further volley in a round of diplomatic expulsions that has seen them kick out each other’s ambassadors as relations soured over deadly clashes on the Gaza Strip border.
Earlier in the day, the Zionist regime expelled Turkey’s consul in al-Quds amid an increasingly acerbic war of words between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry source said that the regime’s Ambassador to Ankara Eitan Naeh had been told that it would be "appropriate” if he returned to the occupied territories "for some time.”
Hours later, the regime’s ministry for foreign affairs said that Turkish Consul General in al-Quds al-Quds Husnu Gurcan Turkoglu had been summoned and told to return to Turkey "for consultations for a period of time.”
In response, the Turkish government summoned the regime’s Consul General in Istanbul and asked him to leave the country.
Turkey had already recalled its ambassadors to Tel Aviv and Washington in the wake of the inauguration of the U.S. embassy in al-Quds on Monday.
Additionally on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs over the recent carnage in Gaza.
Zionist troops killed at least 62 Palestinians during protests near the Gaza fence on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with Washington’s embassy relocation.
More than 2,700 Palestinians were also wounded as the Zionist troops used snipers, airstrikes, tank fire and tear gas to target the demonstrators.
The Israeli military blamed Hamas for the Gaza violence, claiming that the Palestinian resistance movement "is coercing Gazans to risk their lives.”
Erdogan took to Twitter to defend Hamas and slam the regime’s decades-long crimes against the Palestinian people.
"Reminder to Netanyahu: Hamas is not a terrorist organization and Palestinians are not terrorists. It is a resistance movement that defends the Palestinian homeland against an occupying power. The world stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine against their oppressors,” he tweeted.
The Turkish leader further said that Netanyahu had the blood of Palestinians on his hands.
"Netanyahu is the PM of an apartheid state that has occupied a defenseless people’s lands for 60+ yrs in violation of UN resolutions. He has the blood of Palestinians on his hands and can’t cover up crimes by attacking Turkey,” he added.
A protester holds a placard reading "Al-Quds belongs to the Muslims" as he shouts slogans among people holding Palestinian flags while they all take part in a protest march at the Istikilal avenue in Istanbul on May 14, 2018.
Earlier in the day, the Zionist regime expelled Turkey’s consul in al-Quds amid an increasingly acerbic war of words between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry source said that the regime’s Ambassador to Ankara Eitan Naeh had been told that it would be "appropriate” if he returned to the occupied territories "for some time.”
Hours later, the regime’s ministry for foreign affairs said that Turkish Consul General in al-Quds al-Quds Husnu Gurcan Turkoglu had been summoned and told to return to Turkey "for consultations for a period of time.”
In response, the Turkish government summoned the regime’s Consul General in Istanbul and asked him to leave the country.
Turkey had already recalled its ambassadors to Tel Aviv and Washington in the wake of the inauguration of the U.S. embassy in al-Quds on Monday.
Additionally on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs over the recent carnage in Gaza.
Zionist troops killed at least 62 Palestinians during protests near the Gaza fence on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with Washington’s embassy relocation.
More than 2,700 Palestinians were also wounded as the Zionist troops used snipers, airstrikes, tank fire and tear gas to target the demonstrators.
The Israeli military blamed Hamas for the Gaza violence, claiming that the Palestinian resistance movement "is coercing Gazans to risk their lives.”
Erdogan took to Twitter to defend Hamas and slam the regime’s decades-long crimes against the Palestinian people.
"Reminder to Netanyahu: Hamas is not a terrorist organization and Palestinians are not terrorists. It is a resistance movement that defends the Palestinian homeland against an occupying power. The world stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine against their oppressors,” he tweeted.
The Turkish leader further said that Netanyahu had the blood of Palestinians on his hands.
"Netanyahu is the PM of an apartheid state that has occupied a defenseless people’s lands for 60+ yrs in violation of UN resolutions. He has the blood of Palestinians on his hands and can’t cover up crimes by attacking Turkey,” he added.
A protester holds a placard reading "Al-Quds belongs to the Muslims" as he shouts slogans among people holding Palestinian flags while they all take part in a protest march at the Istikilal avenue in Istanbul on May 14, 2018.