Türkiye no go keep quiet as Israel dey cause wahala for di region: Erdogan

Erdogan don tok sey Türkiye no go dey different from di neighbouring kontris or keep quiet wen di pipo for di region dey suffer.

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Di President accuse di Israeli leaders say dem dey expand dia strategic reach pass Iran. / AA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan don warn say the war wey dem start against Iran dey push Middle East enter more instability, and e accuse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say e dey expand the conflict for different parts of the region.

Erdogan talk this one for the Justice and Development Party expanded provincial chairs meeting wey hold for the party congress centre for Ankara on Thursday.

E say the war don throw the region enter one of the most painful periods for the last century.

The war wey start against Iran still dey drown our region for the smell of blood and gunpowder, Erdogan talk.

Pikin wey no get fault dey turn target of missiles even as dem dey sit for their classroom.

The Turkish president describe the current time as one big historic turning point for the Middle East and warn say Israel hatred and ideological extremism dey push the region go disaster.

Our region dey pass through the most painful days of the last century, he talk.

A genocide network wey blinded by hatred dey drag our land towards catastrophe while dem dey hide behind religious arguments, Erdogan add.

Erdogan stress say Türkiye no go dey make difference between neighbouring countries nor go siddon look as people for the region suffer.

Make everybody sure of this: we no dey divide our brothers and neighbours, and we no go ever remain indifferent to their pain, he talk.

As Türkiye and the Turkish nation, we no dey abandon the peoples wey we consider friends and brothers when things hard, Erdogan add.

Lebanon

According to Erdogan, the Netanyahu government no just dey target Iran; e dey move step by step to put plans in place to occupy Lebanon.

For almost one month now, Erdogan talk say the ongoing attacks don sabi ignore all international principles and norms.

E ask whether the people wey dey carry out the strikes even dey see any difference between the identities of those wey dey suffer the violence.

For 27 days, the aggressors wey no respect any principle, value or norm don show us something clear, he talk. For their eyes, whether we be Shia or Sunni, Turkish, Kurdish, Arab or Persian, e matter?

Erdogan express deep sorrow over the civilian toll of the conflict and point the shared grief wey dey across the region.

With a bleeding heart I ask: wetin be the difference between the tears wey dey fall for Isfahan and Tehran and the ones wey dey fall for Erbil, Baghdad, Beirut or Riyadh? he ask.

Even though he describe the conflict as basically Israel war, Erdogan say the gbege don reach much more people.

This fit be Israel war, but the heavy price dey paid first by Muslims and finally by all humanity, he talk.

Zionist strategies

Erdogan also warn against efforts wey dey try deepen division among communities for the region, accusing Zionist strategies of wanting to light sectarian and ethnic tensions.

We reject any action or talk wey go fuel enmity among brotherly peoples or support the divide-and-rule plans of Zionism against our region, he say.

The Turkish president say once the sound of bombs and missiles finish, the peoples of the Middle East still go need to live together.

After the deadly roar of bombs and missiles calm down, we go continue to live together for this land, Erdogan warn. No one suppose forget this reality.

Erdogan condemn the restrictions wey dem put on Muslim worship for Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying that for the first time since 1967, Eid prayers no happen for the holy site.

This lawlessness na rude attack on the faith of two billion Muslims, he add, and under no condition Muslims right to worship for Al-Aqsa fit be stopped or banned.

Reaffirming Türkiye foreign policy approach, Erdogan say Ankara go continue to follow foreign policy wey center on peace and stability.

We no go step back from our peaceful foreign policy wey base on peace for everybody, stability for everybody and prosperity for everybody, he conclude.