Turkish President Erdogan compares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Hitler

Turkish President. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no different from Adolf Hitler, and compared Israel's attacks on Gaza to with the Nazis' treatment of Jews. Reuters writes about this, UNN reports .

They used to talk badly about Hitler. What do you care about Hitler? They're are going to make us miss Hitler. Is what this Netanyahu is doing anything less than what Hitler did? No. ... He's richer than Hitler, he's he is supported by the West. There is all kinds of support coming from the United States. And what did they do with all this support? They killed more than 20 thousand people in Gaza. Gaza. 

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Erdogan also said that Turkey would welcome scholars and academics who persecuted for their views on the Gaza conflict, adding that Western countries that support Israel are complicit in what he called war crimes. crimes.

Netanyahu replied that the Turkish president should be the last person to lecture Israel. lecture Israel.

Erdogan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds and holds the world record for imprisonment of journalists who oppose his rule, is the last person person who can preach morality to us. 

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Despite criticizing Israel, Turkey maintains commercial ties, causing a negative reaction from opposition parties and Iran. Ankara says that trade with Israel has plummeted since October 7, when the Palestinian militant Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a deadly cross-border attack that killed killed 1,200 people, prompting Israel to launch a war against Hamas.

Unlike its Western allies and some Arab countries, Turkey does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization.