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Why didn’t Türkiye condemn the US attack on Iran?
Turkey did not directly condemn the US attack on Iran. However, several regional states, including the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main allies, have condemned the attack. Criticizing the attack, the countries said that the incident would further escalate the situation. They called it a risky gamble.
Why didn’t Türkiye condemn the US attack on Iran?
In a televised speech late Saturday night, US President Donald Trump said that Washington had attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities as part of an effort to cripple Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity.
Trump also said, “I can tell the world that the attack was a great military success. Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely destroyed.” At the time, he called on Tehran to “come to the path of peace.” At the same time, he warned that if it did not do so, Iran would be attacked more forcefully.
Trump also said, “Now either peace will come; Otherwise, a catastrophe awaits Iran that will be worse than the last eight days.’
Hours after the attack, the Turkish Foreign Ministry warned in a statement that the attacks risked further destabilizing the security situation in the Middle East. “Turkey is deeply concerned about the possible consequences of the US attack on the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The current situation could escalate the regional conflict to a global level. We do not want such a catastrophic scenario to materialize.”
The calculated response by the Turkish government is in stark contrast to previous comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had called the ongoing Israeli attacks on Iran “banditry.”
Turkey did not directly condemn the US attack on Iran. However, several regional states, including the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main allies, have condemned the attack. Criticizing the attack, the countries said that the incident would further escalate the situation. They called it a risky gamble.
In a televised speech late Saturday night, US President Donald Trump said that Washington had attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities as part of an effort to cripple Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity.
Trump also said, “I can tell the world that the attack was a great military success. Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely destroyed.” At the time, he called on Tehran to “come to the path of peace.” At the same time, he warned that if it did not do so, Iran would be attacked more forcefully.
Trump also said, “Now either peace will come; Otherwise, a catastrophe awaits Iran that will be worse than the last eight days.’
Hours after the attack, the Turkish Foreign Ministry warned in a statement that the attacks risked further destabilizing the security situation in the Middle East. “Turkey is deeply concerned about the possible consequences of the US attack on the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “The current situation could escalate the regional conflict to a global level. We do not want such a catastrophic scenario to materialize.”
The calculated response by the Turkish government is in stark contrast to previous comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had called the ongoing Israeli attacks on Iran “banditry.”
