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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave statements in a press conference before his 3-day trip to Africa about the development of Turkey’s relationships with the Jewish entity and Russia. Erdoğan’s statement on Russia: “When our relations were so good with Mr Putin like two close friends it is curious that we have come to this point. It is really thought provoking that he sacrificed whole Turkey just because a mistake of a pilot or an error.”

President Erdoğan stated these about the agreement with the Jewish entity: “At the moment we are on the same page on this subject. The apology and reparation we wanted has been arranged. The third is lifting of the embargo (Gaza) and that contains these: There are water and electricity problems in Gaza. If Turkey can get the permission to build schools and hospitals there, we as Turkey will build there everything from schools and hospitals to energy, water and all kinds of networks. Apart from this, they said on the subjects of food, clothing and medicine, ‘We will accept it if it happens over Turkey.’ So we are working on these like that.”

Comment

Turkey’s two most important subjects in its foreign policy after the Syrian issue is the subject of formal normalisation of the relations with Russia and the Jewish entity. For these two subjects are according to America directly related with the Syrian issue. That is why America wants Turkey to do what is required of it on these two subjects (Russia and the Jewish entity). There is a reason why I said this so openly.

As you know, in this last month many hot developments happened in Turkey’s domestic politics, Prime Minister and AKP’s (Justice and Development Party) President Ahmet Davutoğlu left his position and Binali Yıldırım has been brought to it in his stead. I say brought not elected for it is President Erdoğan who brought Ahmet Davutoğlu down and made Binali Yıldırım sit the chair. Both the subject of change and the subject of Turkey’s relations with Russia and the Jewish entity, has been implemented rapidly after Erdoğan’s visit to the US at end of 2016’s March and however hard it was for him to meet, after his meeting with Obama, President Erdoğan gives formal statements after his return from the US about these three subjects. I say formal because it has no formal significance whatsoever what Erdoğan says to the public in his speeches in Turkey, only his statements before or after his formal visits to abroad and his statements in press conferences has significance.

Right after his visit to the US Erdoğan criticized Ahmet Davutoğlu because he got close to the EU on the subjects of visa exemption. He used these words addressed to Davutoğlu who saw his shortening of the visa exemption process as a big success. “I am saddened to see that little things like this are presented like great gains.”

This statement became the harbinger of Davutoğlu’s departure. Really, Erdoğan’s extreme desire to meet with Obama in his visit to the US and that he was smiling after his meeting was heralding something We have to say this openly, Ahmet Davutoğlu has not been chosen instead of Erdoğan because he was getting close to the EU and because of his cold and away demeanour against the presidency system.

Now let’s look at what Erdoğan gave the US while he is realizing this change with his swift and decisive moves.

Firstly Russia, after his return from the US, Erdoğan said this as if sending a message to Putin: “We hope to see softening so we could overcome the problems between us and Russia.” Today, we see at this point from Putin signs of softening and the statement “a mistake of a pilot or an error.” we see from Erdoğan really softens the hard statements that were said before.

Now let’s look at the second point; a most tender subject for the Turkish public, the normalisation of the relations between Turkey and Israel. Erdoğan attended to a long meeting with Jewish representatives in his last trip to the US. This meeting took place before the meeting with Obama, this is important... Again, after the bombing of Istanbul Taksim when Jewish tourists died, he talked over the phone with the Jewish entity’s president for condolences. In the first days of April after his return from the US to a question a reporter asked: “You have been criticized because you have ruined the relations with Israel, now you are criticized because you want to repair them why?” he gave this answer: “You know there is a saying; ‘If this is my fate, I will take it’; I suppose this is our (my) fate. What is important is that Israel understood her error in this process they engaged with Turkey.”

Now I ask these questions on both of the issues Russia and Israel: Was the Russian jet that was bombing Syria wrong or was the Turkish pilot that shot the Russian aircraft down wrong? Were the Russians at fault or was the Turkish pilot at fault? If the pilot shot the Russian aircraft, did it by mistake then why did Prime Minister of the time Davutoğlu and President Erdoğan gave the statements of “We gave the order, if he does the same thing again we will also respond in the like.” If the issue is that only a Russian pilot violated the airspace by mistake, how did it come to this? The issue is neither about the Turkish pilot nor the Russian pilot. It’s about Syria. If Turkey comes to an agreement with Russia, that would mean that Turkey condones Russia’s invasion and massacres.

If the Jewish existence of “Israel” could understand its mistake by apologizing, paying reparation and giving building rights in Gaza to Turkey then why did the innocent in Mavi Marmara become martyrs (shaheed)? So that capitalist construction companies could make buildings in Gaza? Just for plain apology and reparation?

The condition of lifting the embargo on Gaza, Turkey and President Erdoğan put up is a lie and is nothing more than empty populism. The issue will only be limited to aids send from Turkey. Gaza will again remain closed to the world. Gaza will again remain under blockade.

The Islamic associations, foundations and groups have to be very conscious about this. They should never go after this embargo lie with the President and AKP. For the Palestinian Dawah, can’t be, shouldn’t be abandoned with just the Jewish entity’s plain apology. The Al-Kuds (Jerusalem) Dawah, can’t be, shouldn’t be allowed to be sold for a penny. The issue that is claimed as the Ummah’s Dawah, Aqsa Dawah and the Palestinian Dawah can’t be, shouldn’t be spoiled for the entry of food and water into Gaza.

Mavi Marmara, can’t be, shouldn’t be turned into a museum that will remind to the generations to come, the past and be a bad nostalgia, of the State of Turkey for America’s interests.

The issue of Palestine is a serious political issue. This issue can’t be solved through normalisations and agreements with the Jewish existence Israel. Not only Gaza but in order to lift the blockade on all of Palestine, a Jihad has to be declared against Israel. And this can only be done by the Khilafah "Caliphate" Rashidah (Caliphate) upon the method of the Prophethood that will be established.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Mahmut KAR
Head of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Turkey