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Updated · Hurriyet Daily News · Jun 28
Erdoğan Vows Accountability for Gaza 'Genocide,' Calls 25-Year-Old AKP Its Hope
Updated
Updated · Hurriyet Daily News · Jun 28

Erdoğan Vows Accountability for Gaza 'Genocide,' Calls 25-Year-Old AKP Its Hope

1 articles · Updated · Hurriyet Daily News · Jun 28

Summary

  • Sakarya — President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said those responsible for violence in Gaza would be held accountable, repeating his charge that Israel's campaign amounts to genocide.
  • At the AKP's annual review camp, Erdoğan cast the ruling party as "the only hope for Gaza" and linked that message to the movement's 25-year legacy.
  • Erdoğan told party members, ministers and lawmakers that the AKP represents not only Türkiye's 86 million people but also the wider Muslim community.
  • The remarks underscored Ankara's continued use of the Gaza war as a central political and diplomatic theme, with Erdoğan again framing the conflict in moral and religious terms.

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