Ankara (TDI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the US President Donald Trump’s administration was making “wrong calculations” regarding the Middle East, adding that heeding “Zionist lies” would only exacerbate conflicts.
Turkiye has rejected Trump’s plan to remove over 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, claim US control of it and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
It has also said Israel’s assault on Gaza amounted to a genocide, while calling for global measures against its government.
Unfortunately, Washington is making a wrong calculation about our region. One should not be engaged in an approach that disregards Middle East’s history, values, and accumulation, he said.
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Erdogan said he expected President Trump to realize his election campaign promises of taking measures for peace, rather than create new conflicts.
Turkish president said he saw no real signs of a ceasefire in Gaza despite a truce deal between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas.
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He added the Muslim world had still not been able to take a collective step on the issue.
