President Erdoğan in a speech during the leaders' summit as part of the COP 31 climate conference in Antalya:
- No one who sees, knows or witnesses this shameful spectacle of humanity (genocide in Gaza) can avoid responsibility.
- Humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter Gaza immediately, the blockade and isolation policy must be put an end to and this injustice and cruelty must be stopped.
- Hundreds of thousands of our brothers in Gaza, especially children, are fighting to survive in the face of cold, water and harsh winter conditions.
Demonstrating strength at the expense of the suffering of Gaza children is evidence of weakness, incompetence, and above all lack of conscience.