(June 10, 2026)
„Just as we witnessed the liberation of Damascus, Aleppo, and Karabakh, God willing, one day we will also witness the liberation of Jerusalem,“ Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said during a speech at a conference.
„Just as in the past, those lands will be ours once again,“ Ciftci vowed, and said, „God willing, they will come under our sovereignty and dominion once more.“
„Because we have a global leader like Recep Tayyip Erdogan at our helm,“ he said. „A world leader.“
(June 10, 2026)
„Türkiye‘s security begins not in Hatay, but in Aleppo, Damascus and Beirut. Neither will we tolerate any faits accompli in our brothers‘ countries, nor will we turn a blind eye to aggression,“ he said, stressing that the country‘s security extends beyond its borders.
President Erdogan also referred to what he described as Israelis’ „delusion of the Promised Land,“ saying Türkiye was fully aware of its ultimate objective.
„By the will of God, we will never allow this,“ he said.
(August 3, 2025)
Speaking at the United Nations, the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, cited another century-old document in arguing that recognition would redress a historical injustice: the Balfour Declaration, issued a year after the signing of Sykes-Picot, which endorsed “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” It had a proviso that “nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.”
Das Sykes-Picot-Abkommen vom 16. Mai 1916 war eine geheime Übereinkunft zwischen den Regierungen Großbritanniens und Frankreichs, durch die deren koloniale Interessengebiete im Nahen Osten nach der erwarteten Niederlage des Osmanischen Reiches im Ersten Weltkrieg festgelegt wurden. Die arabischen Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches wurden in vier permanente Einflusszonen aufgeteilt.
Das Abkommen wurde im November 1915 von dem französischen Diplomaten François Georges-Picot und dem britischen Diplomaten Mark Sykes ausgehandelt.