Concerning the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, TBMM Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş stated, “Because the Turkish nation, we, 85 million individuals, declare as soon as once more with all readability that we condemn the Israeli authorities, this barbaric assault, this terrorist assault as a result of political homicide we encountered final night time.”
Kurtulmuş made a press release on Al Jazeera Arabic's dwell broadcast relating to Haniyeh's assassination in Iran.
Kurtulmuş stated, “Your entire Islamic world, humanity is in a state of concern. It’s unimaginable to simply accept such an inhumane assault. With all our energy, because the Turkish nation, 85 million of us collectively, we declare as soon as once more with full readability that we condemn the Israeli authorities, this barbaric assault, this terrorist assault as a result of political homicide we encountered final night time. We respectfully and mercifully commemorate all Palestinian martyrs within the individual of our brother Ismail Haniyeh. We respectfully salute our heroic Gazan brothers who’re combating all of the deprivations in a small space within the Gaza Strip regardless of such savage assaults which have been occurring for ten months.”
Kurtulmuş said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his authorities don’t acknowledge any worldwide guidelines.
Kurtulmuş stated that the repeated standing ovations for Netanyahu's false present on the US Congress had been a message that stated, “You possibly can commit any crime you need within the Center East, I’m behind you with all my would possibly.” He added that this picture was extraordinarily “ugly” when it comes to democracy, human rights and worldwide values and that it gave Israel “nice braveness” to proceed its aggression within the Center East.
Kurtulmuş additionally stated the next in response to a query:
“We have now been advocating for years that each one Palestinian teams unite and that Palestinian teams combat towards this Zionist occupation as one physique. As well as, on the day that Netanyahu was to talk on the US Congress on July 24, we needed to have Mr. Mahmoud Abbas communicate on the Common Meeting of the Turkish Grand Nationwide Meeting and in addition host Ismail Haniyeh as a visitor on the Meeting. Nevertheless, this didn’t occur resulting from Mr. Abbas’s program. If there isn’t a setback within the coming days, God prepared, we are going to invite Mr. Abbas to the Common Meeting of the Turkish Grand Nationwide Meeting and he’ll clarify the Palestinian trigger within the presence of the deputies on the Grand Nationwide Meeting. We will even invite members of the worldwide group in Turkey to this assembly. We’ll invite our company from Gaza and Palestine who’re company in Turkey. We had been making ready for such a program. In fact, we are going to do our greatest to make these applications stronger and extra necessary within the face of this critical image we encountered final night time.”