The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, stated this Wednesday that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) “is not a terrorist organization” and has canceled his official trip to Israel because of the bombings against the Gaza Strip in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamist group, which left nearly 1,400 dead in Israeli territory.

“The entire West considers Hamas a terrorist organization. From here I say it: Israel, you can be it; The West owes you many debts. But Türkiye has no debts to you“, he pointed out from Parliament in Ankara. “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, but a liberation group that fights to protect its lands and its citizens,” said the Turkish president, who stressed that the scheduled trip to Israel within the framework of strengthening their bilateral relations “It has been canceled“.

“We have no problems with the State of Israel, but we have never approved the atrocities committed by Israel and the way it acts as an organizationmore than as a State,” stressed Erdogan, who indicated that “Almost half of those killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza are children“.

Likewise, he has stressed that “These data demonstrate that the objective was premeditated brutality to commit crimes against humanity,” as reported by the Turkish state news agency, Anatolia. “The attacks on Gaza indicate murder and mental illness among those who carry them out and those who support them,” he maintained.

“I invite all countries with reason and conscience to put pressure on the Government of (Israel Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, to bring the State of Israel back to sanity“said the president of Turkey, who has called for a ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip.