07.03.2026 00:42
AK Party Gaziantep Deputy Ali Şahin highlighted Turkey's mediating role in international crises in recent years, stating that the diplomacy conducted under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is critically important for global peace. Şahin emphasized that Turkey is one of the actors with the strongest diplomatic capacity to end the tension between the US-Israel and Iran.
AK Party Gaziantep Deputy, Head of the Turkish Group of the Latin America and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) and Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Commission, Ali Şahin, drew attention to Turkey's mediating role in international crises in recent years, emphasizing that the diplomacy conducted under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is critically important for global peace.
"IF THE GRAIN CORRIDOR AGREEMENT HAD NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED..."
Şahin recalled that during his visit to the Argentine Parliament about three years ago, Argentine deputies thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey for the mediation Turkey conducted between Russia and Ukraine, particularly for the grain corridor initiative. He stated that Argentine parliamentarians pointed out that this initiative has not only regional but also global implications, saying, "If the grain corridor agreement had not been implemented, a major hunger crisis would have begun in Africa, and this crisis could have triggered uncontrollable waves of migration extending from Africa to the coasts of Latin America."
Expressing that Turkey has emerged as a reliable actor in crisis regions, Şahin conveyed that a representative of a Pakistani political party he hosted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly last week also requested President Erdoğan to take on a mediating role to end the tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
REMINDING THE WORDS OF ALBANIAN LEADER RAMA
Şahin also mentioned President Erdoğan's diplomatic initiatives in the Horn of Africa, stating, "Our esteemed President has conducted intense diplomacy to end the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia and has taken on an important mediating role."
Şahin also recalled the words of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama about President Erdoğan, saying, "Edi Rama had stated, 'They ask me why I love Erdoğan. I tell them he is a leader who does what he says and says what he does.'
"TURKEY IS ONE OF THE ACTORS WITH THE STRONGEST DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY TO END THE TENSION BETWEEN THE US-ISRAEL AND IRAN"
Stating that Turkey has become a reliable actor for global peace and stability thanks to its principled stance and values-based diplomacy, Şahin expressed that if the negotiations conducted in the past between Iran and the US had continued under Turkey's mediation, the tensions experienced today might not have arisen.
Ali Şahin, also addressing the current international crises, stated, "Turkey is one of the actors with the strongest diplomatic capacity to end the tension between the US-Israel and Iran, which the world finds difficult to understand. Under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey will continue to take responsibility for peace and stability."