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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday hit out at what he termed “forces of sedition” trying to disrupt the recent thaw in Turkish politics.
“Türkiye will not let them thrive,” he told his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) parliamentary meeting in Ankara.
“We see efforts to sabotage this process but we will overcome it as we have similar attempts in the past,” Erdoğan said and added: “It’s our wish Türkiye’s problems are addressed above day-to-day political polemics.”
Erdoğan was referring to the “climate of positivity” in Turkish politics after he and his main opposition’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel held a rare a tete-a-tete last week.
The groundbreaking meeting, which insiders said took place in a constructive and productive atmosphere, came after unprecedented wins for CHP in the March 31 local elections and amid efforts at Parliament to replace Türkiye’s coup-era constitution.
“Concrete steps should be taken without further delay for a new constitution,” Erdoğan told his lawmakers on Wednesday.
Turning to the 76th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Erdoğan sent his regards to the Palestinians and said Türkiye “preserves the hope that they will soon return to their homes.”
He also reiterated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “those complicit in genocide will be held accountable.”
“We will ensure they face justice,” Erdoğan said.
Türkiye on Thursday officially filed an application of intervention for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), becoming the third nation after Nicaragua and Colombia to take legal action against Tel Aviv over its ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
