01.11.2025 21:09
The U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Representative for Syria, Tom Barrack, made a historic confession regarding Turkey. Barrack stated, "The ceasefire in Gaza would not have happened without Turkey's role."
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The U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Representative for Syria, Tom Barrack, made striking statements at the International Institute for Strategic Studies forum held in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Barrack highlighted Turkey's role in the ceasefire achieved in Gaza.
TOM BARRACK: THE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT TURKEY'S ROLE
Regarding the ceasefire agreement reached on Gaza, Barrack stated, "There would be no ceasefire in Gaza without Turkey. President Trump thanked Mr. Erdoğan four times." He noted that President Erdoğan and Qatar did a "fantastic job," adding, "Especially Turkey's relations with Hamas, not labeling them as a terrorist organization, allowed them to come to the table for the ceasefire."
"TURKEY AND ISRAEL WILL NOT GO TO WAR"
Praising U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts for peace, Barrack remarked, "The President (Trump) completely changed the chessboard everywhere. Turkey and Israel will not go to war. I don't think that will happen, and you will see cooperation from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean."
"EVERYTHING THE WEST DID AFTER THE FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS A MISTAKE"
Barrack also stated, "Everything the West has done since the fall of the Ottoman Empire has been a mistake. The colonial attitude towards communities, flags, and religions has never worked. All these models have collapsed." Regarding the negotiations between the Syrian regime and the PKK/YPG forces using the name SDF in Syria, Barrack said, "(We are) very close to finding common ground with the SDF."
TRUMP: ERDOĞAN DID A FANTASTIC JOB
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a statement made in recent weeks, said: "I want to express my great gratitude to the leaders of Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt for helping us achieve this incredible outcome and for standing by us. President Erdoğan personally took care of Hamas and some other groups and did a fantastic job."
CEASEFIRE AND PRISONER EXCHANGE AGREEMENT IN GAZA
The ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas came into effect on October 10. Following the Israeli army's withdrawal as specified in the agreement at the "Yellow Line," it was announced that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip came into effect at 12:00 on the same day. However, despite the ceasefire reached in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued its attacks on Palestinians intermittently with various claims.
After the delivery of right-wing Israeli prisoners, the bodies of 28 Israeli prisoners remained in the Gaza Strip. Hamas had previously delivered 17 bodies to Israel as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement, and Israel claimed that one of the bodies did not belong to any prisoner remaining in Gaza, while another was parts of a body belonging to a previously captured prisoner. It was reported that the bodies of 13 Israeli prisoners were found in the Gaza Strip.
So far, Israel has delivered the remains of 195 Palestinians to the authorities in Gaza through the Red Cross without providing identification information. According to the data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, only 72 of the remains delivered by Israel could be identified.
The Director of the Media Office of the Gaza government, Ismail al-Sawabit, stated that signs of torture and close-range gunfire were found on the remains provided by Israel, and these findings are evidence that Israel has been applying "field executions" against Palestinian prisoners.
The guarantor countries in the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement reached on October 10 between Hamas and Israel shared that they acknowledged the difficulty of finding the remains of all Israeli dead prisoners left by Israel in Gaza in light of the destruction. According to figures released by the United Nations, Israel's ongoing attacks in Gaza for two years have left behind approximately 55 million tons of debris.
In addition, due to the strict embargo imposed by Israel on Gaza, the lack of sufficient heavy machinery, roads, and other infrastructure inside also complicates the retrieval of the remains of Israeli prisoners and the remains of around 10,000 Palestinians believed to be under the rubble.
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