Erdogan Says Turkey Could Enter Israel to Help Palestinians

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Erdogan Says Turkey Could Enter ******* to Help Palestinians

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the possibility that Turkey could enter ******* in support of the Palestinians, a significant step-up in his harsh words toward the ******* state over the Gaza war.

But it was unclear whether his comments reflected any concrete plans by Turkey or were just intended to appeal to his political base.

“We should be very strong, so that ******* cannot do this stuff to Palestine,” Mr. Erdogan said on Sunday while addressing members of his ruling Justice and Development Party in the ****** Sea city of Rize, his ancestral hometown.

“Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we can do similar to them,” he said, referring to Turkish support for Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia last year and his country’s military intervention in Libya.

“There is no reason not to do it,” he continued. “We must be strong to take these steps.”

Throughout the war in Gaza, Mr. Erdogan has stood up for ******, the armed ************ group that controlled Gaza and attacked ******* on Oct. 7, referring to it as “an organization of liberation” while harshly criticizing *******. He has compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf ******* and called him a “psychopath” and a “vampire.”

Diplomatic relations between Turkey and ******* broke down in the early months of the war, and in May, Turkey announced that it was halting all trade with *******.

Despite Mr. Erdogan’s statements and Turkey’s policy of allowing ****** political figures to remain in the country, Turkey has played no military role in the Gaza conflict. But support for the Palestinians and anger at *******’s prosecution of the war in Gaza are common in Turkish society.

*******’s foreign minister, ******* Katz, struck back at Mr. Erdogan on Sunday, accusing him

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of following in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi strongman who was ********* in 2006. Mr. Katz also called on NATO to expel Turkey.

Omer Celik, the spokesman for Mr. Erdogan’s political party, responded by calling Mr. Katz a “*****.”

On Monday, Mr. Erdogan’s communication director, Fahrettin Altun, said on

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that Turkey was a “serious and responsible state committed to peace and stability in the region.”

He did not refer to any specific Turkish plan to act against *******.

“Anyone who is crazy enough to test our limits will get a swift and resolute response,” he said.

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