“Who can guarantee that we won’t be invaded”
Mentions of direct and indirect involvement such as allied countries’ dispatch
Israel “Remember Saddam Hussein’s words”,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey/AFP-Yonhap News,
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, ‘Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, hinted at intervening in the Gaza ground war on the pretext of supporting Palestine.’,
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, ‘According to Reuters and other news sources on the 28th local time, President Erdogan claimed during an evening speech at an AKP ruling party conference, “Who can guarantee that those who completely destroyed Gaza today will not turn their eyes to Anatolia (the region of Turkey) tomorrow?” He emphasized, “We need to be very strong in order to prevent Israel from doing such ridiculous things in Palestine.” Targeting Israel, he said, “We can take similar measures against them, like we did in Karabakh or when we entered Libya.” He added, “There is no reason why we can’t do this.” Turkey indirectly intervened by providing military training and support to allied Azerbaijan in the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory in September 2020. The Turkish government denied direct involvement in Azerbaijan’s operations but acknowledged providing support through various means, including military training and modernization.’,
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, ‘In January of the same year, Turkey also intervened in the Libyan civil war. Turkey sent troops to support the Government of National Accord (GNU) in its conflict with the secular militia Libyan National Army (LNA). Currently, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who leads the GNU in Libya, receives support from Turkey. Some interpret President Erdogan’s recent remarks as suggesting that Turkey could intervene in the Israel-Palestine conflict, similar to previous instances.’,
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, ‘President Erdogan has long criticized Israel’s military operations while voicing support for Hamas and Palestine since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October last year.’,
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, ‘Israel immediately pushed back. Israeli Foreign Minister Katz criticized Erdogan on Twitter, saying, “Erdogan threatens to invade Israel following in Saddam Hussein’s footsteps.” He posted a photo of Saddam Hussein and Erdogan at the time of Saddam’s arrest by the US in 2003, saying, “Let us remind Erdogan of what happened then and what words he received.”‘,
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, ‘During the Gulf War in 1991, Saddam Hussein fired dozens of Scud missiles at Tel Aviv in an attempt to involve Israel in the conflict. He was arrested during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was executed in December 2006.’,
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