Erdogan förklarar

Natten till fredagen lämnade Erdogan Davos i Schweiz efter en debatt med Shimon Peres, och vid hemkomsten blev han hyllad av flera tusentals turkar.

Nu förklarar han varför han lämnade forumet i Davos.

"Speaking to the Washington Post, the Turkish PM reiterated his fierce criticism of Israeli policy towards the Palestinian Resistance movement of Hamas. "The world has not respected the political will of the Palestinian people," Erdogan said. On the one hand, we defend democracy and we try our best to keep democracy in the Middle East, but on the other hand we do not respect the outcome of . . . the ballot box," he explained.

"Palestine today is an open-air prison. Hamas, as much as they tried, could not change the situation. Just imagine, you imprison the speaker of a country as well as some ministers of its government and members of its parliament. And then you expect them to sit obediently?" Erdogan pointed out.

Evaluating the end result, Erdogan noted that "since December 27 there have been almost 1,300 dead, 6,000 injured, no infrastructure left, no buildings left, everything is damaged, Gaza is a total wreck. It's all closed, under total siege."
"The United Nations Security Council makes a decision, and Israel announces it does not recognize the decision. I'm not saying that Hamas is a good organization and makes no mistakes. They have made mistakes. But I am evaluating the end result," he said."

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