🇹🇷Türkiye · UNGA 81 speech

Mr. President. I take the floor to exercise the right of reply of my delegation in response to the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel earlier today. My delegation categorically rejects the baseless, malicious allegations directed at my country and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The fact that numerous delegations walked out during Israeli Prime Minister's speech is not a minor gesture. It is a resounding diplomatic condemnation. The message is unmistakable. His words are discredited, his policies are rejected, and his isolation is deepening by the day. The international community does not tolerate listening to a morally bankrupt leader who stands under an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. His fabrications are desperate, all of attempts to conceal Israel's genocide in Gaza and its relentless aggression in the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and beyond. No propaganda can erase the truth. Thousands of civilians have been slaughtered, homes and hospitals reduced to rubble, schools deliberately targeted, and the humanitarian aid obstructed with intent. These are crimes that will not be forgotten nor forgiven. Personal attacks and lies, no matter how loudly or frequently repeated, collapse under the weight of undeniable facts. While Israel exports war, destruction, and instability, Turkey builds peace. And Turkey remains steadfast in its support for the two-state solution, the only viable path to lasting peace. We will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Palestinian people until an independent, sovereign and contiguous state of Palestine is established on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. I thank you.