Why was Türkiye’s approach to the Gaza war intensified?

According to the report of the International Group Tasnim news agency, these days in Turkey, talk about the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza has subsided to a great extent and only the news about the release of hostages is published. Meanwhile, in the first days after October 7 and the Al-Aqsa storm operation, I witnessed another encounter.

After the surprise attack of the Palestinian fighters on the Zionist regime and the destruction of the security hegemony of this regime, the Turkish government and the Justice and Development Party initially took a cautious position and even now They could not seriously support Hamas and criticize Israel. But in the same days, several Turkish political parties, including the Islamist Saadat Party (students of the late Arbakan) and the Future Party (Ahmed Davutoglu), organized large-scale demonstrations and demanded the expulsion of the ambassador of the Zionist regime.

However, Erdogan is too late came to the square Why? Because he and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan wanted to play a special role to end the conflict and be presented as mediators and protectors of peace. However, neither the Zionist regime nor America, Europe and Islamic countries welcomed Turkey’s offer.

Erdogan turned the Gaza issue into an internal issue

Recept Tayyip Erdogan found a new excuse to attack his opposition parties in the past few days.

He announced that these parties, They remain silent in front of Israel’s crimes and are not on the side of the oppressed Palestinian nation. But the leader of the largest opposition party to the government responded to this accusation. //newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/08/14/1402081409274394128712784.jpg”/>

Uzgur Özel, who has recently replaced Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as the leader of the People’s Republic Party, addressed Erdogan yesterday in his speech in the parliament: “He accuses us of indifference about Palestine.” do. But such a thing is not true. From this platform, I invite Erdogan to come to the Gaza border with me and other leaders of Turkish parties. I ask him to come with us and we all go to the Gaza border and defend the Palestinians. If Erdogan really has good intentions about Palestine, we are ready to travel.”

At the same time as Özgur Özel’s words, other politicians of his party raised their criticisms of Erdogan and announced: “The ban on Nescafe and Coca-Cola is not only on the menu of the parliament, but it rubs Israel’s face.” If you are right, stop exporting steel. “Israel makes bombs with our steel.”

It is said that Turkey is the most important exporter of steel to the Zionist regime.

Another One of the criticisms is that in his speeches, Erdoğan constantly speaks against Benjamin Netanyahu and not about the regime. He has repeatedly announced that Netanyahu is leaving. Erdogan’s critics say, knowing that Netanyahu will lose his position in the future, he speaks against him, but does not say anything about Israel itself.

Similarity of approach of Riyadh and Ankara

Ebrahim Kiras from Turkish analysts, in a critical article about Erdogan’s policies on Palestine wrote: “The operations that Hamas carried out on October 7 were not liked or supported by anyone in the entire Arab and Islamic world, with the exception of Iran.” Not because civilians were also killed, but because everyone was lining up and trying to normalize relations with Israel. Just at such a moment, Hamas upset their table. By doing this, they reminded everyone that they should not give up on the cause of Palestine. This was a response to Arab countries’ efforts to establish relations with Israel and disregard the Palestinian issue. Some capitals in the Islamic world had previously made peace with the government of Tel Aviv separately. Sometimes they also managed to get concessions for the Palestinians. For example, in the Camp David Accords, autonomy was given to Gaza and the West Bank. However, this did not happen in the new era and when the news of the possibility of normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel came out, a group from Mahmoud Abbas went to Riyadh and asked Mohammed bin Salman to get concessions for the Palestinians before normalization. But the Saudis did not respond to this request”.

Kiras continued and wrote about the similarity of the approach of Ankara and Riyadh: “The attack of Hamas fighters on Israel on October 7 was not welcomed at all in Ankara. Erdoğan’s team came to the conclusion that such an operation is unnecessary and wrong, and it is feared that it will harm the serious steps taken to improve Ankara-Tel Aviv relations. Perhaps that is why the Justice and Development Party was completely silent during the first weeks of the bloody war in Gaza. Recall that the first rallies were organized by the opposition parties and the ruling party remained silent. In this situation, Erdoğan’s government made proposals such as mediation and guaranteeing peace, which were not taken into account in any way and had no foreign exchange. This fact has been proven once again that in this case, neither the Israeli side nor the Palestinian fighters take Turkey seriously and we are far from both sides”.

Erdogan and Fidan were still looking for mediation and diplomatic show, and Dolat Bagheli, the leader of the National Movement Party and the government’s partner in the coalition The president took a firm stance against Israel.

Qiras says at that time, This message was given to Erdoğan by Baghçeli: “Our people are very angry with Netanyahu and it is a big political mistake to leave the sensitivities of the society unanswered. Moreover, it is clear that the war in Gaza will not end soon.

After Nahib Bagheli and the continuation of protests Turkish parties and people, Erdogan also finally took a stand.

His party has a hasty gathering and It had little effect and Erdogan himself announced that, contrary to the idea of ​​America and Europe, Hamas is not a terrorist organization and is Mujahid.

Qiras says: “In that At the same time, Erdogan’s government did not take any serious steps and simply called the ambassador to the center for consultation. It was too late and in a situation where the ambassador and consul of Israel had left Ankara and Istanbul. Unfortunately, in this atmosphere, such an atmosphere was formed that the issue of Palestine suddenly became a private issue of the Justice and Development Party. The lower-ranking people of the ruling party started commenting and pointed the finger of accusation at the internal opposition! At the same time, formal and formal boycott campaigns also started. Coca-Cola was spilled on the streets, Israeli coffees and hamburger joint branches were attacked. However, neither the export of food products nor the shipment of oil and gas from Turkey to Israel has been stopped. Still, in addition to cement and textile products, 65% of the steel consumed in this country is supplied from Turkey”.

According to the statements of Ibrahim Kiras and many other political commentators in Turkey, even the issue of Gaza and Israel’s crimes are important for Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party. It has become a domestic policy issue and the continuous shows about Turkey’s role in securing peace have domestic consumption and could not bring to mind the nature of deterrence or stopping the relationship against Zionist attacks.

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