President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) to attend the “Extraordinary Session on Palestine”, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the General Assembly. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, along with Turkish Grand National Assembly Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş and the Deputy Speakers of the Assembly, proceeded to the General Assembly.
Statements by the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmuş
Turkish Grand National Assembly Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş chaired the extraordinary session in which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would address the General Assembly at the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Kurtulmuş made important statements regarding the Palestinian issue:
- “Determination on the Palestinian Issue in the Turkish Grand National Assembly”
Stating that the Turkish Grand National Assembly had previously shown determination on this issue four times, Kurtulmuş said, “The massacres that took place in Palestine have been condemned with hatred. “I express my heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.” - “I Respectfully Remember the Great Mujahideen”
“I respectfully commemorate all the great mujahideen who were subjected to all kinds of oppression in the lands of Palestine, who were deprived of their lives, but who did not give up the struggle and resisted,” he said. - “We Will Continue to Be the Voice of the Palestinian People”
Kurtulmuş said, “We will continue to be the voice of the Palestinian people. Turkey has not remained indifferent to the genocide that was committed. I remember all the martyrs of Gaza with mercy and gratitude. “Martyrs are immortal, we know that their spirits are among us.” - “We Remember Gaza Martyrs with Respect”
“We remember all the martyrs of Gaza with respect. Ismail Haniyeh went down in the history of Palestine as the first elected prime minister,” he said. - “Martyrs are Immortal”
“After Haniyeh’s martyrdom, Turkey was the country that attended the funeral ceremony in Doha at the highest level. “We believe that with this case opened by the International Court of Justice, it is the beginning of a new era for Palestine and Israel,” he added. - “The Good Days Are Over for Israel”
“The good days for Israel are now over. Billions of people around the world who stand with the innocent people of Gaza are on the side of the Palestinian people. The cause of Palestine will definitely succeed. The Palestinian issue is a national cause for us “We will protect this legacy until the end of our lives,” he said. - “A Historical Session”
He concluded his speech by saying, “This meeting here today is a historic session.”
