Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday that Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders are trying to cast Turkey as a new enemy to rally support ahead of elections, after the campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.
01 · THE DISPATCH
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to manufacture a new enemy in Turkey. Fidan said Netanyahu and others ahead of the elections need an enemy to generate sympathy, and after waging war on Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, they are now trying to cast Turkey in that role. The statement was attributed to Fidan by Turkish media. No official Israeli response has been reported yet.
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