Türkiye slams Netanyahu's use of UN podium to target Erdoğan with 'baseless' accusations

Türkiye's Communications Director Burhanettin Duran said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's use of the UN General Assembly podium to level "baseless accusations" against Türkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was incompatible with the "ideals of peace, law and dialogue" represented by the UN.

In a statement on Turkish social media platform NSosyal, Duran referred to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Netanyahu, issued over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, and criticized his remarks targeting Erdoğan.

Duran said Netanyahu's statements against Erdoğan could not "make his massacres, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the proceedings before international law invisible."

"This situation is also being seen by the international community, and Netanyahu has become more isolated than ever," he wrote.

"Under the leadership of our President, Türkiye will continue to defend the rights of the oppressed, including our Palestinian brothers and sisters, a more just world, and peace; and to stand against injustice and oppression," Duran added.