The Presidency’s Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, posted on his social media account in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's statements.
In his post, Director of Communications Altun stated the following:
“The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is the last person to talk about anything related to genocide. He has mastered skills to sell the world, his war crimes against civilians as self-defense. Even though the world fails to stop him, the history will judge him as the war criminal he is.
The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is the last person to talk about our struggle against terrorism. We have fought against the terror group PKK and its extensions for more than 40 years. Kurdish people in Türkiye themselves fought against the PKK that indiscriminately kills civilians and children just like Netanyahu himself!
The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is the last person to talk about morality. He cannot lecture anyone about how to conduct terror operations because he has no experience in this arena! He has been on a mission to drive Palestinians out of their lands for the last four decades. Now he has taken it to a new level by using the Israeli army to kill civilians in their homes, hospitals and refugee camps.
Mr. Netanyahu cannot fool anyone by attacking our President Erdogan to deflect attention from his war crimes. The world has seen what has been happening in occupied Palestine. Netanyahu’s desperate attempts to save his political career by killing civilians and expanding the war are doomed to fail. Our President Erdogan has called it for what it is and he will not stop fighting for justice no matter how many lies Netanyahu tells the world.
We call on the international community, once again, to unite around our efforts to achieve an immediate ceasefire and negotiations to bring about lasting peace. We have been doing our part and will continue to do so regardless of political attacks and defamation leveled against Türkiye. We will continue to speak the truth!”