Hatred of Israel, vows to destroy the Jewish state, "liberate" Jerusalem against the background of the spread of extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic comments are becoming more and more commonplace in Turkey. most of the local journalists who criticized the ruling justice and development party (akp) led by president recep tayyip erdogan were silenced - they were forced to either flee the country or go to prison. Political commentator Seth Franzman writes about this in The Jerusalem Post.
In March 2018, a Turkish newspaper proposed the creation of an Islamic army to destroy Israel. In 2019, according to media reports, retired Turkish General Adnan Tanriverdi, who heads the consulting firm SADAT, also spoke about the need to " liberate Jerusalem from the Israeli occupation."
"The Islamic world must prepare an army for Palestine from outside Palestine. Israel must know that if it bombs (Palestine), the bomb will fall on Tel Aviv," Tanriverdi said.
One commentator, according to Turkish media reports, previously said that Turkey could " enter Tel Aviv within 48 hours." At the same time, he claimed that "we are not like the Arabs" — an obvious reference to the inability of the Arab armies to defeat Israel in the wars of 1948 and 1967, Eadaily notes.
