The spokesperson of Turkey’s ruling AKP party, Ömer Çelik, launched a sharp counterattack against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the latter labeled Recep Tayyip Erdoğan an “antisemitic dictator.” In a post on platform X, Çelik argued that the labels directed at the Turkish president should in fact be applied to Netanyahu himself, accusing the Israeli prime minister’s network of massacres, lies, and crimes against humanity.
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Ömer Çelik’s response to Netanyahu
The AKP spokesperson directly linked the attacks on Erdoğan to what he described as the Turkish president’s unwavering stance against Israel‘s actions in Gaza. “In the statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, they used expressions about our President that should have been used about Netanyahu. The reason Netanyahu’s network targets our President day and night is that our President maintains an uncompromising stance, in the name of humanity, against all the massacres and lies of this massacre and genocide network. Genocide, massacres, lies, assassinations, and crimes against humanity have become Netanyahu’s ‘identity’,” Çelik wrote.
İsrail Başbakanlık Ofisi’nin yaptığı açıklamada, Netanyahu için kullanılması gereken ifadeleri Sayın Cumhurbaşkanımız için kullanmışlar.
Netanyahu şebekesinin gece gündüz Cumhurbaşkanımızı hedef almasının sebebi, Cumhurbaşkanımızın bu katliam ve soykırım şebekesinin tüm…
— Ömer Çelik (@omerrcelik) August 21, 2026
