07.10.2025 16:14
Zeynep Tekocak, one of the activists on the Freedom Flotilla, recounted that when she asked an Israeli soldier, who spoke Turkish fluently, where he learned to speak Turkish, he replied, "I am from Yozgat, my father is from Yozgat." Süleyman Şahan, the AK Party Member of Parliament from Yozgat, filed a criminal complaint against the Israeli soldier who claimed to be from Yozgat.
Activist Zeynep Tekocak, who was on her way to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli attacks and blockade, used striking expressions in a television program after being stopped and having her ship seized by Israeli security forces.
Activist Zeynep Tekocak from the Sumud Fleet. "I AM FROM YOZGAT, MY FATHER IS FROM YOZGAT" Tekocak recounted that when she asked an Israeli soldier who spoke fluent Turkish where he learned to speak Turkish, she received the response, "I am from Yozgat, my father is from Yozgat." Tekocak stated that the Israeli soldier claimed his mother is Israeli and his father is from Yozgat.
AK Party Yozgat Deputy Süleyman Şahan. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT BY AK PARTY'S ŞAHAN AK Party Yozgat Deputy Süleyman Şahan announced that he filed a criminal complaint against the Israeli police officer who said "I am from Yozgat." In a statement he made on his social media account, Şahan expressed that he filed a complaint against the perpetrators under Articles 8-12 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) due to the actions against Zeynep Tekocak, and added, "I also filed a complaint on behalf of Yozgat and all my fellow citizens from Yozgat against the Israeli soldier who dared to tarnish the name of Yozgat with these disgraceful actions, identifying himself as 'I am from Yozgat' under Article 217/A of the TCK."
“THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BETRAYAL OR HUMILIATION IN THESE LANDS” Şahan stated, "Everyone who attempts to tarnish the name of Yozgat and reach out to the honor of our nation should know that there is no place for betrayal or humiliation in these lands."