Reactions to the violent treatment of the Turkish police against Palestinian supporters

Hundreds of citizens, members of the Thousand Youth for Palestine group, who demand the termination of the commercial relations of the Justice and Development Government with the occupying Israel, both as private companies and as were state-owned companies, were violently arrested by the police.

While the police arrested 43 people, including a child, with handcuffs behind, some protesters were slapped by the police. In the political and social environment of Turkey, slapping handcuffs on the back is only used for accused and anti-security criminals or criminals involved in violent actions, and it means the peak of the police’s power against criminals.

Leader of the Saadat Party: Congratulations to our youth

Tamel Karamolaoglu, the leader of the Islamist Saadat Party and one of the old students of the deceased In reaction to the police attacks in Taksim Square, Nejmuddin Erbakan, the former anti-Israel Prime Minister of Turkey, said: “From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate this pious action of the youth who support Palestine.” They took a valuable step. The violence and torture applied by the police to dear young people who criticize the trade with the Zionist regime is unacceptable. These attacks were carried out by the police under the orders of the same government that still continues to do business with the regime despite the genocide in Gaza. Such open cruelty is even greater than commercial transactions.” The leader of the Saadat party, while rebroadcasting violent police attacks on pro-Palestinian youths on X channel, said: “Trading with Israel is cruelty to the oppressed people of Gaza. Arresting and torturing trade protesters in a humiliating manner is a greater injustice. Konya yesterday, Istanbul today. Everywhere, our young people say: this dirty business means legitimizing Israel’s oppression and encouraging a murderer. Trade with Israel is treason to Palestine. End of the line!”

The leader of the Saadat Party was also a special guest and speaker at a program organized by the Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a hotel in Ankara to support Palestine. In his speech, while recalling the importance of US and Israeli attacks against the Republic of Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Karamaloglu called for the unity of the world’s Muslims to support Palestine.

The harsh treatment of the police with the youth who support Palestine opened the Minister of the Interior to the story. Ali Yerli Kaya, the Minister of the Interior of Erdogan’s cabinet, announced that he personally examined the video of the police attacks and ordered that a special inspector immediately investigate their violations and ordered two of the policemen who slapped the youth. They should be sent home with the order prohibiting them from continuing their service.

Yerli Kaya has said in justifying the harsh behavior of the police: “After the protest ended, the demonstrators dispersed, but one group did not disperse despite all the warnings. They resisted the security forces by insulting our government officials. 43 people were arrested in connection with this incident, 38 of them were released after an identity check, and for 5 people, after taking their statements, the course of judicial procedures was carried out.

What was the statement of the youth?
The group known as 1000 Youth for Palestine announced in its press release: Greetings to the noble people of Palestine who are against the policies Israel’s occupation and genocide resisted, on the honorable people of the world who embraced the resistance and on those who became immortal in this way. We are here today not only to support the struggle of the honorable people of Palestine and to confront the genocide and to tell the truth and expose the lies. We are here today and we represent all Turkish people who want to protect their dignity. The way to stop Israel, the enemy of all the people of the world, is to isolate the Zionist machine. Israel, which carried out the occupation and genocide with the help and cooperation of its partners, deprived the people of Gaza of food, water, medicine and fuel”.

The statement continues: “Unfortunately, some Turkish companies, a significant part of their needs The Zionist regime supplies steel, cables, machines, electronic parts and fruits and vegetables. Cement and 65% of Israel’s steel is supplied by Ichtash company, a member of Musiad, and its electricity is supplied by Zorlo, a member of Tosiad Group. The Korjik and Incirlik bases are given to Genocide, who need information. The fuel of the Israeli army is supplied from Azerbaijan’s oil through Türkiye. Turkish companies provide all kinds of support from land and sea, and no customs duties are collected from this dirty trade. All this happened while the Turkish government hypocritically prayed for Palestine and fake messages of solidarity were given. We tell the local capitalists who are partners of the occupation regime, all you have to do is stop doing business. Repent and stop being a party to genocide. The day of reckoning will come and the Justice and Development Party will be accountable to the people. Stop this disgusting business so that the Palestinian people are not killed! Stop the ships and cargo!” Official statistics have shown that in the last 6 months and during the continuous attacks of Israel on the people of Gaza and the West Bank, a total of more than 5 billion dollars of goods from Turkey to the occupied territories Issued.

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