22.02.2026 18:31
Famous singer Hadise, in a Ramadan video prepared for UNICEF, equated Turkey with deep crisis regions like Gaza, Sudan, and Africa, labeling it among "countries in need of help." As reactions to Hadise's scandalous video poured in, the President's Chief Advisor Oktay Saral criticized it by saying, "This rhetoric, made under the guise of global sensitivity, is not goodwill but serious incompetence."
The Ramadan video prepared by singer Hadise for UNICEF sparked a major controversy because it categorized Turkey among "needy" countries alongside deep crisis and war regions like Gaza, Sudan, and Africa.
REACTIONS TO HADISE'S "RAMADAN" VIDEO
The video, which spread rapidly on social media, faced backlash on the grounds that it tarnished Turkey's humanitarian profile on the international stage.
"AN UNACCEPTABLE ATTITUDE"
Oktay Saral, the chief advisor to the President, who joined the criticism, harshly criticized Hadise's statement, describing the situation as "a serious incompetence under the guise of global sensitivity." Saral stated: "It is an unacceptable attitude for Hadise to depict Turkey as a 'needy' country in the same sentence as Gaza and Sudan in the video prepared for UNICEF.
"TURKEY IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF CRISIS REGIONS, BUT A COUNTRY THAT PROVIDES AID THERE"
Turkey is not the subject of crisis regions; it is a country that provides aid to those areas. Placing one's own country in the same category as regions struggling with war and hunger is a detached and reputation-damaging attitude.
This discourse, made under the guise of global sensitivity, is not goodwill but serious incompetence."