Critics accuse Turkish dictator Erdoğan of hypocrisy after he organized a high-profile Gaza solidarity rally due to proof of ongoing oil shipments etc to Israel despite an embargo.
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Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel, face up to three years in prison, the İhlas News Agency (İHA) reported on Friday.
On January 1, more than 400 civil society organizations joined the march to İstanbul’s Galata Bridge, organized by the pro-Erdoğan Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA) and the National Will Platform, under the banner “Yesterday Hagia Sophia, Today Umayyad, Tomorrow Al-Aqsa.”
Former intel chief detained on Erdoğan insult charges due to criticism of Gaza policy \ByTurkish Minute January 2, 2025 Turkish police on Thursday detained Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara, on accusations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his criticism of Erdoğan’s Gaza policy, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Uzun took to X to express his disbelief in Turkey’s solidarity with Gaza amid widespread allegations about the Turkish government’s ongoing trade with Israel despite an embargo announced in May.
“The father has sent fuel and steel to Israel, he has been applauded. The son has protested Israel; he has been applauded. Such a nation … deserves a sultan’s rule. This is what an uneducated society looks like,” Uzun tweeted, in reference to Erdoğan and his son Bilal.
Thousands of people in Turkey are investigated, prosecuted and convicted on charges of insulting the president on the basis of the controversial Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The crime carries up to four years in prison, a sentence that can be increased if the act was committed using the mass media.
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Critics accuse Erdoğan, one of the fiercest critics of Israeli actions in Gaza, of hypocrisy for allegedly facilitating crude oil shipments to Israel despite Turkey’s public stance against Israeli military action in Gaza.
Reports have revealed continued shipments of crude oil from Turkey’s Ceyhan port to Israel, despite the trade embargo.
Investigations by advocacy groups such as Stop Fueling Genocide have tracked oil tankers reportedly rerouting shipments to Israel through intermediary destinations.
Erdoğan’s vocal hypocritical criticism of Tel Aviv over its military campaign in Gaza.
Erdoğan condemned Israel’s military actions in Gaza as genocide and accused Western states of being complicit through their silence.
However, this rhetoric stood in stark contrast to Turkey’s actions.
Although Erdoğan imposed a trade ban with Israel in May, investigations revealed that this was effectively circumvented by increased exports to Palestine, while a significant proportion of Israeli crude oil imports continued to pass through Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Protesters who accused Erdoğan of hypocrisy were met with excessive force and some were arrested.
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