Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun condemned the hanging of a Byzantine flag over a mosque in Southern Cyprus.
Sharing a thread on his Twitter account, Altun indicated that they had witnessed with sadness and outrage an attack in Southern Cyprus that runs counter to humanity and conscience.
Altun indicated that hanging the Byzantine flag on the Tuzla Mosque in Larnaca had hit them and everyone else who defended freedom of belief, saying, "The treacherous mentality, which has inherited nothing but the shameful notoriety of barbarism, attacks on thought and belief, pillaging and genocide from thousands of years of history, has once again shown its hatred and hostility towards Islam and Turkey by attacking our sanctuaries.”
"It is our most natural right to demand the punishment of criminals"
Director of Communications Altun made the following remarks:
“We regretfully observe that attacking Islam and Muslims has now taken an institutional form under the so-called name of the freedom of thought and such attacks have intensified day by day as if they are encouraged. Islam, which has been the source of peace and welfare to humanity and the horizon of our ancient civilization for many centuries, will continue to enlighten our eternal paths and years against all kinds of systematic attacks and moves of manipulation and unrest. Having inspired by and based on its love for its civilization, Turkey will maintain its fight full steam ahead so as to turn our region into a land of peace and prosperity. The epic fight we put up in every corner of the Mediterranean today is a manifestation of the blessed inspiration we gain from our civilization."
Underlining that Turkey was aware and conscious of the motivation underlying such actions that seemed to be simple provocations, Altun stated the following:
"It is our most natural right to demand that the flagrant attacks against Islam and Turkey are stopped as soon as possible and that the criminals are punished. Everybody should know that the Republic of Turkey has the capability and strength to end all sorts of flagrant attacks against its existence over symbolic sites and to rebuild in the Mediterranean the atmosphere of fraternity in which all the faiths and identities coexist peacefully.”