Türkiye’s obvious contradiction in continuing to trade with the Israeli regime
| Some of the media in Ankara, by publishing official documents, have shown that even the gunpowder needed by the Zionist regime's army was supplied by Turkey. |
They want Omar Polad to clearly state why, despite the continuation of the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the apparent protests of the Erdogan government, cargo ships still export goods from the ports of Turkey to the territories They take occupation and this business relationship will not stop.
But the minister does not have clear explanations and is looking for a way to avoid questions.
Some politicians who oppose Erdogan, the president for adopting a hypocritical position. They accused Israel and asked him to openly order that no goods be exported to Israel.
Many leaders of the Justice and Development Party sought to link the export of goods from Turkey to Israel to the private sector and claim that Kemalist merchants who are against Erdogan are selling goods to Israel.
In a situation where the continued export of goods from Turkey to Israel has caused criticism of Erdogan’s government and the ruling party, Omar Celik, the spokesman of the Justice and Development Party and one of Erdogan’s confidants, has raised a strange issue.
He has claimed that the Turkish diplomatic system played a prominent role in the approval of the Security Council resolution for the implementation of a ceasefire in Gaza. The Turkish government has shown that it always stands by the oppressed of Palestine. Turkey even supplies Israel with gunpowder. Every day, Ankara has linked the photo and headline of the front page to the topic of trade with Israel.
The headline on the right side of the newspaper reads, “Even gunpowder is exported from Turkey to Israel.”
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This newspaper has published the official information of the Ministry of Commerce, which shows the export of gunpowder and weapons to Israel. In the headline on the right, there is such a headline “We could not even act like Europe”.
The explanation of this headline also states: European countries Italy, Holland and Spain have stopped arms exports to Israel, and Canada has also made such a decision, but Turkey still exports to Israel gunpowder, barbed wire and steel needed to produce bombs.
Osman Nouri Kabak Tepe, an official of the Justice and Development Party, said in a television interview: “Some fake and assembled photos and information have made the claim that we are sending goods to Israel.”
But the program host , calmly showed the documents and information to the guest of the program, all of which had the seal of the “National Statistics Center of Turkey” and proved the authenticity of the export of goods to Israel. It is produced in virtual space and cannot represent reality. But in another program, reporters raised the same issue with Commerce Minister Omar Polad and cornered him.
His answer was: “Apparently, we have sent shipments. But it was not gunpowder. I think it was gas for lighters and some necessities related to hunting.
Omer Polad, Turkish Minister of Commerce regarding trade with Israel, noted that since October 7, our mutual trade with Israel has decreased by more than 50%.
But the official data of the National Statistics Center showed that there is neither a reduction nor a break. In the first three months of 2024, according to TÜİK data, the amount of 1.1 billion dollars was exported from Turkey to Israel. Looking at the whole year, Turkey exported $5.43 billion to Israel in 2023.
It got to the point where the Turkish presidential body also entered the field to deny the export and considered the export of gunpowder as the export of spare parts and accessories of shotguns, fishing equipment, firefighting products, matches, pyrophoric alloys, flammable materials and gel fuel. Sial Fandak announced.
What do the opponents say?
The fact is that few of Erdogan’s opponents comment on the relations between Turkey and the Zionist regime. . Why? This is because the liberal, social democratic, nationalist and even some nationalist currents do not take a serious position against Israel. They also ignore Israel’s crimes. But in the broad spectrum of Erdogan’s opponents, two parties speak against Israel more than others: the Future Party led by Ahmet Davutoglu and the Saadat Party led by Temel Karameloglu. , the late Islamist Prime Minister of Turkey, from whom Erdogan, Gul and other leaders of the ruling party have all come out, always stood against Israel, but his students in the Justice and Development Party have abandoned this tradition and made friends with the Zionists.
In the end, it should be said, the extensive relations between Turkey and the Zionist regime in several political, security and commercial fields are still considered as one of the important challenges of this country in the Islamic world and the region. Because the Justice and Development Party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has always claimed that based on the political tradition of defending Muslim fighters, it is with the Palestinians and takes a position against Israel.
But in practice, the greatest energy of the diplomatic team In the past few years, Erdoğan’s entourage has been focused on normalizing relations between Ankara and the Zionist regime and not harming the financial interests of this commercial relationship.
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