President Erdoğan's response to Israel: "Who do you think you are, Guterres?"

President Erdoğan reacted strongly to Israel, which declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a persona non grata, stating, "Israel resorts to every means to drown our geography in blood and tears. It shamelessly challenges Secretary-General Guterres. Who are you to send a decree that the UN Secretary-General cannot come to the UN? We are facing a state of madness."

ERDOĞAN'S SEVERE REACTION TO ISRAEL

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made statements at the TEKNOFEST 2024 event held at Adana Şakirpaşa Airport. Reacting strongly to Israel, which declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a "persona non grata" and banned his entry into the country while calling for an urgent de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East, President Erdoğan emphasized that he is facing a state of madness.

"WHO ARE YOU TO CHALLENGE GUTERRES?"

President Erdoğan said: "We are experiencing some of the most painful days in our region in recent years. We are following the massacres in Gaza and Lebanon with our hearts bleeding. 50,000 of our brothers, including children and women, have been killed by Zionist Israel. Israel first occupied Gaza under the pretext of Hamas, and now it is shedding blood in Lebanon under the pretext of Hezbollah. I once again pray for the souls of my Palestinian and Lebanese brothers who lost their lives in Israeli attacks. Israel resorts to every means to drown our geography in blood and tears. It shamelessly challenges Secretary-General Guterres. Who are you to send a decree that the UN Secretary-General cannot come to the UN? We are facing a state of madness.

"WE KNOW VERY WELL WHAT THE PROMISED LAND IS"

Despite all this, Western powers are sending ammunition. Those who drop every drop of blood are as complicit as those who provide the bombs. A sinister plan has been put forth that cannot be limited to just Gaza and Lebanon in our region. We know very well what the promised lands are. The Israeli administration reveals its true intentions with every statement and every map. We are advancing our cooperation with our neighbors. We are trying to minimize foreign dependency in the defense industry. We are progressing steadily to become a country that not only uses technology but also produces and exports it. We are extremely strong in a very wide area. Hopefully, we will be in much better places.